dangersome
/ˈdeɪndʒəɹsəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterised or marked by danger; dangerous.
Example Sentences
- "All that was familiar and trustworthy was back there, where the sun was sinking. To the east lay the unimaginable, the dangerous, and the wearisome; and a feeling of timidity came over his bold heart: this water world was dangersome."
- "“I'm just sayin' she's more dangersome than you think.” Han's head came up in surprise."
- "I'll trust you, sir; but my work is dangersome, and please God I should get killed, will you do the same for Martha and little Nan?"
- "Going after him now, with the train slowed down and everyone standing up to get off, would be a dangersome waste of time."
- "“Fuck. Was. That?” “P-Prolly j-jus' a wolf” stuttered Zeth, before remembering the animal may be demonic, before further remembering even without possession wolves were dangersome."
- "“Just plain vile. I felt I should have been fighting, not doing road work. I ain't no logger. And dangersome, too, that work was. I seen one man from the 16th nigh chop his foot off when he mis-swung his axe. Couple others got killed when them big pines fell on them."
Etymology
From danger + -some.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more dangersome (comparative)
most dangersome (superlative)