dangerous

/ˈdeɪn.dʒə.rəs/

adjectivedan · ger · ous

Think: “DANGER is in dangerOUS”—if you can spot DANGER inside the word, you’ll spell the rest as “-ous.”

Yes, it's dangerous. Don’t add an extra “e”: it’s danger + ous (not *dangerEous*).

Definitions

  1. adjectivelikely to cause harm, injury, or damage; unsafe
  2. adjectiveinvolving risk or the chance of something bad happening

Examples

  • It is dangerous to swim in the river after a heavy storm.
  • The hikers turned back because the trail became dangerous near the cliff.
  • Leaving candles unattended can be dangerous in a small apartment.

Synonyms

unsaferiskyhazardousperiloustreacherous

Antonyms

safeharmless

Translations

ES peligrosoPT perigosoFR dangereux

Common misspellings

dangrousdangarousdangerusdangeriousdengerousdangereousdangeruosdangeous

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