Dangerous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Dangerous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Dangerous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dangerous adj involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions" Synonym(s): dangerous, unsafe Antonym(s): safe causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease" Synonym(s): dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe, life-threatening
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dangerous \Dan"gerous\, a. [OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous, fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See {Danger}.] 1. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe. Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us; The ways are dangerous. --Shak. It is dangerous* to assert a negative. --Macaulay. 2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury. If they incline to think you dangerous To less than gods. --Milton. 3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. [Colloq.] --Forby. Bartlett. 4. Hard to suit; difficult to please. [Obs.] My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; My lord to me is hard and dangerous. --Chaucer. 5. Reserved; not affable. [Obs.] [bd]Of his speech dangerous.[b8] --Chaucer. -- {Dan"gerously}, adv. -- {Dan"gerousness}, n.