Dangerous
[adj] 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"
[adj] involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions"
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Synonyms
breakneck, chanceful, chancy, critical, desperate, dicey, dodgy, grave, grievous, harmful, hazardous, insidious, kamikaxe(a), on the hook(p), parlous, perilous, precarious, risky, self-destructive, serious, severe, suicidal, touch-and-go, treacherous, unr
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alarming, bad, chance, chancy, critical, dangersome, desultory, explosive, fell, fraught with danger, grievous, hairy, haphazard, harmful, hazardous, hit-or-miss, iffy, infirm, insecure, insubstantial, jeopardous, major, menacing, parlous, periculous, per