Meaning

3 senses
  1. Full of danger.

    Railway crossings without gates are highly dangerous.

    gefährlich

    опа́сныйopásnyj, риско́ванныйriskóvannyj

    небезпе́чнийnebezpéčnyj

  2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.

    gefährlich

    involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm

  3. (colloquial, dated)In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.

Examples

1784 sentences
  1. Wounded bears are usually very dangerous.

    Ранені ведмеді, як правило, дуже небезпечні.

    ruРаненые медведи, как правило, очень опасны.

    deVerletzte Bären sind gewöhnlich sehr gefährlich.

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  2. He is very a dangerous man.

    Він дуже небезпечна людина.

    ruОн очень опасный мужчина.

    deEr ist eine sehr gefährliche Person.

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  3. It's dangerous to play with fire.

    Грати з вогнем небезпечно.

    ruОпасно играть с огнём.

    deEs ist gefährlich, mit dem Feuer zu spielen.

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  4. I know how dangerous Tom is.

    Я знаю, наскільки Том небезпечний.

    ruЯ знаю, как опасен Том.

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  5. Playing in the street is dangerous.

    Грати на вулиці небезпечно.

    ruИграть на улице опасно.

    deAuf der Straße spielen ist gefährlich.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
full of danger:
Русский
By meaning 1
full of danger:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
full of danger:

Origin

From Middle English daungerous (“difficult, severe, domineering, arrogant, fraught with da

From Middle English daungerous (“difficult, severe, domineering, arrogant, fraught with danger”), dangerous, from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from Old French dangereus (“threatening, difficult”), from dangier. Equivalent to danger + -ous.

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Forms

more dangerous, most dangerous
Comparativemore dangerous Lesson
Superlativemost dangerous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

18 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

12 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • would be dangerous
  • dangerous to do
  • be dangerous to
  • is very dangerous
  • be dangerous for
  • might be dangerous
  • more dangerous than
  • is a dangerous
  • the most dangerous
  • dangerous to swim
  • can be dangerous
  • armed and dangerous

See also

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