dangerous
/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒ(ə.)ɹəs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.79 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Railway crossings without gates are highly dangerous."
- "[I]t is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves."
- "Young Indians looking for work opportunities have made up a sizeable portion of undocumented migrants in the US, many after making the dangerous trek through Latin America to reach the US southern border."
- "If they incline to think you dangerous, / They have their knaviſh Arts to make you ſo."
- "And the Duke thought: The truth could be worse than he imagines, but even dangerous facts are valuable if you’ve been trained to deal with them. And there’s one place where nothing has been spared for my son—dealing with dangerous facts."
Etymology
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. Displaced native Old English frēcne.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: daungerous, dangereus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒ(ə.)ɹəs/
- British English: /ˈdeɪn.ʒ(ə.)ɹəs/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more dangerous (comparative)
dangerouser (comparative, nonstandard)
most dangerous (superlative)
dangerousest (nonstandard, superlative)
daungerous (alternative, obsolete)