dangerous
adjective
1. involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
- a dangerous criminal
- a dangerous bridge
- unemployment reached dangerous proportions
Similar word(s): breakneck, chanceful, chancy, dicey, dodgy, desperate, hazardous, risky, wild, insidious, mordacious, parlous, perilous, precarious, suicidal, treacherous, unreliable, insecure, unsafe, vulnerable, unsafe
2. causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- a dangerous operation
Similar word(s): critical, grave, grievous, serious, severe
Sentences with dangerous as an adjective:
- Railway crossings without gates are highly dangerous.