dangerous as an adjective: 1
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dangerous adjective
1 dangerous Involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm:— A dangerous criminal. — A dangerous bridge. — Unemployment reached dangerous proportions.
synonym: unsafe .
Roget 665 :
in danger
etc.
n.;
endangered
etc.
v.;
fraught with danger ;
dangerous ,
hazardous ,
perilous ,
parlous ,
periculous † ;
unsafe ,
unprotected
etc.
(safe, protect)
etc.
664 ;
insecure .
untrustworthy ;
built upon . sand,
on a sandy basis ;
wildcat .
defenseless ,
fenceless ,
guardless † ,
harborless ;
unshielded ;
vulnerable ,
expugnable † ,
exposed ;
open to
etc.
(liable)
177 .
aux abois [Fr.] ,
at bay ;
on the wrong side of the wall ,
on a lee shore ,
on the rocks .
at stake ,
in question ;
precarious ,
critical ,
ticklish ;
slippery ,
slippy ;
hanging by a thread
etc.
v.;
with a halter round one's neck ;
between the hammer and the anvil ,
between Scylla and Charybdis ,
between a rock and a hard place ,
between the devil and the deep blue sea ,
between two fires ;
on the edge of a precipice ,
on the brink of a precipice ,
on the verge of a precipice ,
on the edge of a volcano ;
in the lion's den ,
on slippery ground ,
under fire ;
not out of the wood .
unwarned ,
unadmonished ,
unadvised ,
unprepared
etc.
674 ;
off one's guard
etc.
(inexpectant)
508 † .
tottering ;
unstable ,
unsteady ;
shaky ,
top-heavy ,
tumbledown ,
ramshackle ,
crumbling ,
waterlogged ;
helpless ,
guideless † ;
in a bad way ;
reduced to the last extremity ,
at the last extremity ;
trembling in the balance ;
nodding to its fall
etc.
(destruction)
162 .
threatening
etc.
909 ;
ominous ,
illomened ;
alarming
etc.
(fear)
860 ;
explosive .
adventurous
etc.
(rash)
863 ,
(bold)
861 .
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Moby thesaurus: alarming , bad , chance , chancy , critical , dangersome , desultory , explosive , fell , fraught with danger , grievous , hairy , haphazard , harmful , hazardous , hit-or-miss , iffy , infirm , insecure , insubstantial , jeopardous , major , menacing , parlous , periculous , perilous , precarious , provisional , random , rickety , risky , serious , shaky , shifting , shifty , slippery , temporary , tentative , threatening , ticklish , treacherous , ugly , uncertain , undependable , unfaithworthy , unhealthy , unreliable , unsafe , unsolid , unsound , unstable , unsteadfast , unsteady , unsubstantial , unsure , untrustworthy , wicked ... show more .
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