Definition of dangerous

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Dangerous (a.) Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.

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Dangerful :: Dangerful (a.) Full of danger; dangerous.
Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death..
Feral :: Feral (a.) Funereal; deadly; fatal; dangerous.
Viper :: Viper (a.) A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person..
Siren :: Siren (n.) An enticing, dangerous woman..
Bitterness :: Bitterness (n.) Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy..
Quicksand :: Quicksand (n.) Sand easily moved or readily yielding to pressure; especially, a deep mass of loose or moving sand mixed with water, sometimes found at the mouth of a river or along some coasts, and very dangerous, from the difficulty of extricating a person who begins sinking into it..
Dangerous :: Dangerous (a.) Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
Herculean :: Herculean (a.) Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task..
Bore :: Bore (n.) A tidal flood which regularly or occasionally rushes into certain rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves which present a very abrupt front of considerable height, dangerous to shipping, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien-tang, in China..
Envenom :: Envenom (v. t.) To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as, envenomed meat, wine, or arrow; also, to poison (a person) by impregnating with venom..
Safe :: Safe (superl.) Conferring safety; securing from harm; not exposing to danger; confining securely; to be relied upon; not dangerous; as, a safe harbor; a safe bridge, etc..
White-water :: White-water (n.) A dangerous disease of sheep.
Scylla :: Scylla (n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying Between Scylla and Charybdis, signifying a great peril on either hand..
Light-ship :: Light-ship (n.) A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners..
Gastroelytrotomy :: Gastroelytrotomy (n.) The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the Caesarean operation, and less dangerous..
Pontlevis :: Pontlevis (n.) The action of a horse in rearing repeatedly and dangerously.
Mantrap :: Mantrap (n.) A dangerous place, as an open hatch, into which one may fall..
Infamous :: Infamous (a.) Having a bad name as being the place where an odious crime was committed, or as being associated with something detestable; hence, unlucky; perilous; dangerous..
Chigre :: Chigre (n.) A species of flea (Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger..
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