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. — Ahha

    ruРаненые медведи, как правило, очень опасны. — odexed

    deVerletzte Bären sind gewöhnlich sehr gefährlich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. He is very a dangerous man.

    Він дуже небезпечна людина. — ascolto

    ruОн очень опасный мужчина. — odexed

    deEr ist eine sehr gefährliche Person. — xtofu80

  3. It's dangerous to play with fire.

    Грати з вогнем небезпечно. — deniko

    ruОпасно играть с огнём. — Avelesy

    deEs ist gefährlich, mit dem Feuer zu spielen. — freddy1

  4. I know how dangerous Tom is.

    Я знаю, наскільки Том небезпечний. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю, как опасен Том. — marafon

  5. Playing in the street is dangerous.

    Грати на вулиці небезпечно. — deniko

    ruИграть на улице опасно. — Balamax

    deAuf der Straße spielen ist gefährlich. — Trebalor

Translations

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