dangerous
//ˈdeɪn.ʒ(ə.)ɹəs//
Forms
- Comparative
- more dangerous
- Superlative
- most dangerous
Definitions
1.Full of danger.
- Railway crossings without gates are highly dangerous.
- Young Indians looking for work opportunities have made up a sizeable portion of undocumented migrants in the US, many after making the dangerous trek through Latin America to reach the US southern border.
2.Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
3.In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.(colloquial)
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1490
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English dangerous (“difficult, severe, domineering, arrogant, fraught with danger”), daungerous, from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from Old French dangereus (“threatening, difficult”), from dangier. Equivalent to danger + -ous.
Displaced native Old English frēcne.