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dangerous.

Full of danger.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈdeɪn.ʒ(ə.)ɹəs/Received-Pronunciation/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒ(ə.)ɹəs/Received-Pronunciation/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒ(ə.)ɹəs/Canada, General-American/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚ.əs/Canada, General-American
  1. Full of danger.

    Railway crossings without gates are highly dangerous.
  2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.

  3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.

    colloquial · dated
Where this word 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.

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