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• “liable to hurt or harm“
• “a dangerous criminal“
• “a dangerous bridge“
• “unemployment reached dangerous proportions“

Synonyms

• unsafe lacking in security or safety; involving or causing danger or risk; not safe from attack

• “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“
• “a life-threatening disease“

Synonyms

• grave shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises; causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; of great gravity or crucial import; death of a person; a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
• grievous causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; causing or marked by grief or anguish; of great gravity or crucial import; shockingly brutal or cruel
• serious concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities; of great consequence; causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; appealing to the mind; completely lacking in playfulness ; requiring effort or concentration
• severe intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; very strong or vigorous; severely simple; unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; very bad in degree or extent
• life-threatening causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm