Synonyms for more dangerous
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : deyn-jer-uh s, deynj-ruh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdeɪn dʒər əs, ˈdeɪndʒ rəs |
Top 10 synonyms for more dangerous Other synonyms for the word more dangerous
- breakneck
- chancy
- dangersome
- delicate
- dynamite
- exposed
- formidable
- hairy
- heavy
- hot
- impending
- impregnable
- insecure
- jeopardous
- loaded
- malignant
- menacing
- mortal
- on collision course
- parlous
- portentous
- pressing
- queasy
- serpentine
- shaky
- speculative
- terrible
- thorny
- threatening
- ticklish
- touch-and-go
- touchy
- treacherous
- ugly
- unhealthy
- unsafe
- unstable
- urgent
- viperous
- vulnerable
- wicked
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for more dangerous
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