DANGEROUS as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
   Synonym(s)
   • grave (what does grave mean?)
   • grievous (what does grievous mean?)
   • life-threatening (what does life-threatening mean?)
   • serious (what does serious mean?)
   • severe (what does severe mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   • a life-threatening disease
   Similar To
   • critical (what does critical mean?)
2. Meaning
   • involving or causing danger or risk
   • liable to hurt or harm
   Synonym(s)
   • unsafe (what does unsafe mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a dangerous criminal
   • a dangerous bridge
   • unemployment reached dangerous proportions
   Antonym(s)
   • safe (what does safe mean?)
   Similar To
   • breakneck (what does breakneck mean?)
   • chancy (what does chancy mean?)
   • chanceful (what does chanceful mean?)
   • dicey (what does dicey mean?)
   • dodgy (what does dodgy mean?)
   • desperate (what does desperate mean?)
   • harmful (what does harmful mean?)
   • hazardous (what does hazardous mean?)
   • risky (what does risky mean?)
   • venturesome (what does venturesome mean?)
   • venturous (what does venturous mean?)
   • insidious (what does insidious mean?)
   • mordacious (what does mordacious mean?)
   • on the hook(p) (what does on the hook(p) mean?)
   • parlous (what does parlous mean?)
   • perilous (what does perilous mean?)
   • precarious (what does precarious mean?)
   • touch-and-go (what does touch-and-go mean?)
   • self-destructive (what does self-destructive mean?)
   • suicidal (what does suicidal mean?)
   • treacherous (what does treacherous mean?)
   • unreliable (what does unreliable mean?)
   See Also
   • insecure (what does insecure mean?)
   • unsafe (what does unsafe mean?)
   • vulnerable (what does vulnerable mean?)