dangerous
Adjective
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Involving or causing danger or risk;
Liable to hurt or harm (synset 302066198)"a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions"also:- insecure, unsafe - lacking in security or safety
- vulnerable - susceptible to attack
similar to:- breakneck - moving at very high speed
- chanceful, chancy, dicey, dodgy - of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
- desperate - (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
- hazardous, risky, wild - involving risk or danger
- insidious - intended to entrap
- mordacious - biting or given to biting
- on the hook - caught in a difficult or dangerous situation
- parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go - fraught with danger
- self-destructive, suicidal - dangerous to yourself or your interests
- treacherous, unreliable - dangerously unstable and unpredictable
same as: unsafe -
Causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm (synset 300654061)
"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 - being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency
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