dangerous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Likely to cause harm, injury, or death.

   Driving on icy roads can be very dangerous.

2. 2
   adj

   Likely to threaten great harm; serious.

   He was rushed to hospital in a dangerous condition.

Common collocations

• dangerous situation Adjective + noun

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.

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