dangerous
English Thesaurus
1. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm (adj.all)
| similar | : | critical, |
| definition | : | being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency (adj.all) |
2. involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm (adj.all)
| similar | : | breakneck, |
| definition | : | moving at very high speed (adj.all) |
| similar | : | desperate, |
| definition | : | (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair (adj.all) |
| similar | : | insidious, |
| definition | : | intended to entrap (adj.all) |
| similar | : | mordacious, |
| definition | : | biting or given to biting (adj.all) |
| similar | : | on the hook, |
| definition | : | caught in a difficult or dangerous situation (adj.all) |
| also | : | insecure, unsafe, |
| definition | : | lacking in security or safety (adj.all) |
| also | : | vulnerable, |
| definition | : | susceptible to attack (adj.all) |
3. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm (adj.all)
| derivation | : | dangerousness, |
| definition | : | the quality of not being safe (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | badness, severeness, severity, |
| definition | : | used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather (noun.attribute) |
4. involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm (adj.all)
| antonym | : | safe, |
| definition | : | free from danger or the risk of harm (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | dangerousness, |
| definition | : | the quality of not being safe (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | danger, |
| definition | : | a dangerous place (noun.location) |
| derivation | : | danger, |
| definition | : | a cause of pain or injury or loss (noun.state) |
5. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm (adj.all)
| derivation | : | dangerousness, |
| definition | : | the quality of not being safe (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | badness, severeness, severity, |
| definition | : | used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather (noun.attribute) |
6. involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm (adj.all)
| antonym | : | safe, |
| definition | : | free from danger or the risk of harm (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | dangerousness, |
| definition | : | the quality of not being safe (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | danger, |
| definition | : | a dangerous place (noun.location) |
| derivation | : | danger, |
| definition | : | a cause of pain or injury or loss (noun.state) |
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