dangerous

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dangerous

/ˈdeɪn.ʒ(ə.)ɹəs/ UK
/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒ(ə.)ɹəs/ UK
/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒ(ə.)ɹəs/ Canada, US
/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚ.əs/ Canada, US
/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚs/ Canada, US
/ˈdeɪn.ʒɹəs/ Canada, US
/ˈdæɪn.ʒ(ə.)ɹəs/ Australia, New Zealand
/ˈdæɪn.d͡ʒ(ə.)ɹəs/ Australia, New Zealand

Where it comes from

From Middle English daungerous (“difficult, severe, domineering, arrogant, fraught with danger”), dangerous, from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from Old French dangereus (“threatening, difficult”), from dangier. Equivalent to danger + -ous.

Displaced native Old English frēcne.

adjective more dangerous · dangerouser · most dangerous · dangerousest · daungerous

Full of danger. Railway crossings without gates are highly dangerous.
Similar: hazardous, perilous, risky, unsafe · Opposite: safe
Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury. If they incline to think you dangerous, / They have their knaviſh Arts to make you ſo.
colloquial, dated In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: parlous, perilous, dicey, hazardous, precarious, risky, chancy, venturesome, venturous, severe, critical, dodgy, insidious, harmful, desperate, chanceful

adjective

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adj full of danger

Español	peligroso, brígido, fortunal
한국어	위험하다 wiheomhada
日本語	危険 kiken, 危ない abunai
中文	危險 /危险 wēixiǎn
हिन्दी	ख़तरनाक xatarnāk, जोखिमी jokhimī
Português	perigoso
Français	dangereux, périlleux, périculeux
Deutsch	gefährlich
Italiano	pericoloso
Ελληνικά	επικίνδυνος epikíndynos
Română	periculos
Русский	опа́сный opásnyj, риско́ванный riskóvannyj
Tiếng Việt	nguy hiểm
العربية	خَطِر ḵaṭir
עברית	מסוכן \ מְסֻכָּן m'sukan

adj causing danger, ready to do harm or injury

Español	peligroso, brígido, fortunal
Kiswahili	na hatari
Português	perigoso, nocivo
Français	dangereux
Deutsch	gefährlich
Italiano	pericoloso, nocivo

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@misc{dangerous_2026,
  title = {dangerous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dangerous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}