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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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