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Dangerous
Dan"ger*ous\, a. [OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous, fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See Danger.]1. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe. Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us; The ways are dangerous. --Shak. It is dangerous to assert a negative. --Macaulay. 2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury. If they incline to think you dangerous To less than gods. --Milton. 3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. [Colloq.] --Forby. Bartlett. 4. Hard to suit; difficult to please. [Obs.] My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; My lord to me is hard and dangerous. --Chaucer. 5. Reserved; not affable. [Obs.] "Of his speech dangerous." --Chaucer. -- Dan"ger*ous*ly, adv. -- Dan"ger*ous*ness, n.
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Language Translation for : dangerous
Spanish:
peligroso, arriesgado,
German:
gefährlich,
Japanese:
危い
Main Entry: dan·ger·ous
Function: adjective
1 : creating a risk of bodily injury dangerous condition of a public building>
2 : able or likely to inflict esp. serious bodily injury dangerous criminal with no regard for human life> dangerous animal>; also : DEADLY
3 : likely to engage in repeated criminal activity dangerous offender>
NOTE: The activity that an offender is likely to engage in need not involve violence in order for the offender to be deemed dangerous.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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dangerous
see little knowledge is a dangerous thing; live dangerously.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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