dangerous

(adjective)

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.