danger
/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.59 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one's danger, below.
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
noun
A contemptible person, especially one seen as perverted or mentally ill.
British usage; Countable; Derogatory; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "There's plenty of danger in the desert."
- "Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars."
- "The Owl is flying high, frightening to the eye. The Rattler is nearby, Cool is on the fly. Danger is his business."
- "We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle."
- "Huntingdon's ferocity makes the reaction of staff all the more brave. To move towards danger when others are fleeing is the definition of bravery in my book. To place yourself in danger to protect others."
- "1st September 1884, William Gladstone, Second Midlothian Speech Two territorial questions […] unsettled […] each of which was a positive danger to the peace of Europe."
Etymology
From Middle English daunger (“power, dominion, peril”), from Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (“damage”)) from Vulgar Latin *dominiārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”). Displaced native Old English frēcennes.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
- British English: /ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒə/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Obsolete
- British usage
- Derogatory