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Meaning of 'dangerous'
Meaning of 'dangerous' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Dangerous 
[ a.]
- Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous;
hazardous; unsafe. [ a.]- Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
- In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.
- Hard to suit; difficult to please.
- Reserved; not affable.
Meaning of 'dangerous' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. dangerous [ a]
[ a]Meaning (1):
- involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
- involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
Example in sentence:
- a dangerous bridge;
- a dangerous criminal;
- unemployment reached dangerous proportions
2. dangerous [ s]
[ s]Meaning (2):
- causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
Example in sentence:
- a dangerous operation;
- a grave illness;
- a grave situation;
- a life-threatening disease;
- a serious turn of events;
- a serious wound;
- a severe case of pneumonia;
- grievous bodily harm
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