DANGEROUS Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word dangerous. (close relations)
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| Word | Save | More Find | Usage | Type | ||
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| unsafe | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • lacking in security or safety • involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm adjective satellite • not safe from attack | ||||||
| grave | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • death of a person • a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) • a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation adjective satellite • dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm • of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought verb • shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it • carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | ||||||
| hazardous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • involving risk or danger | ||||||
| life-threatening | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm | ||||||
| perilous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • fraught with danger | ||||||
| risky | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • involving risk or danger • not financially safe or secure | ||||||
| serious | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities • completely lacking in playfulness adjective satellite • of great consequence • causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm • appealing to the mind • requiring effort or concentration; complex and not easy to answer or solve | ||||||
| alarming | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • frightening because of an awareness of danger | ||||||
| chancy | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk • subject to accident or chance or change | ||||||
| critical | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws • at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction • characterized by careful evaluation and judgment • being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency • of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism adjective satellite • urgently needed; absolutely necessary • forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis | ||||||
| daredevil | nounn | |||||
noun • a reckless impetuous irresponsible person adjective satellite • presumptuously daring | ||||||
| deadly | adjectiveadj | |||||
adverb • as if dead • (used as intensives) excessively adjective satellite • causing or capable of causing death • of an instrument of certain death • extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom • involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death • exceedingly harmful • (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect | ||||||
| dicey | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk | ||||||
| disastrous | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin | ||||||
| formidable | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • extremely impressive in strength or excellence • inspiring fear | ||||||
| fraught | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • marked by distress • filled with or attended with | ||||||
| harmful | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • causing or capable of causing harm | ||||||
| high-risk | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • not financially safe or secure | ||||||
| iffy | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • subject to accident or chance or change | ||||||
| impending | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • close in time; about to occur | ||||||
