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dan⋅ger⋅ous

  [deyn-jer-uhs, deynj-ruhs]
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–adjective
1. full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
2. able or likely to cause physical injury: a dangerous criminal.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME da(u)ngerous domineering, fraught with danger < OF dangereus threatening, difficult, equiv. to dangier (see danger ) + -eus -ous

Related forms:
dan⋅ger⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
dan⋅ger⋅ous⋅ness, noun
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dan·ger·ous   (dān'jər-əs)   
adj.  
  1. Involving or filled with danger; perilous.
  2. Being able or likely to do harm.
dan'ger·ous·ly adv., dan'ger·ous·ness n.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : dangerous
Spanish: peligroso, arriesgado,
German: gefährlich,
Japanese: 危い
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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.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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