Antonyms for more dangerous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : deyn-jer-uh s, deynj-ruh s

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdeɪn dʒər əs, ˈdeɪndʒ rəs

Definition of more dangerous

Origin : early 13c., "difficult, arrogant, severe" (the opposite of affable), from Anglo-French dangerous, Old French dangeros (12c., Modern French dangereux), from danger (see danger).
In Chaucer, it means "hard to please, reluctant to give;" sense of "full of danger, risky" is from late 15c. Other words used in this sense included dangersome (1560s), dangerful (1540s). Related: Dangerously.

adj hazardous, troubling

Example sentences :

Suffer thy desires to wander into a larger and more dangerous field.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

The Copperheads more dangerous and more envenomed than the secessionists.
Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski

Goaded by something akin to despair, she was now more dangerous than resolute.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

But she was all the more dangerous because her heart was pure.
Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham

In all the Universe there could be no more dangerous an enemy.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various

He remarked that the man was dead now at all events, and consequently no more dangerous.
Extract from : « Almayer's Folly » by Joseph Conrad

To leave these madmen at large would be more dangerous still.
Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero

But I can tell you, George, that there are more dangerous companions than poor Jack.
Extract from : « Is He Popenjoy? » by Anthony Trollope

That man,” he said deliberately, “is more dangerous sober than drunk.
Extract from : « Nan of Music Mountain » by Frank H. Spearman

I had no gun,—it would have been more dangerous to me than to the tiger if I had.
Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore

Synonyms for more dangerous

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