2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
dangerous
adj 1: involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm;
"a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge";
"unemployment reached dangerous proportions" [syn: {unsafe}]
[ant: {safe}]
2: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a
dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave
illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a
serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"
[syn: {grave}, {grievous}, {serious}, {severe}]
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