Definitions for dangerous

dangerous dan·ger·ous

Spelling: [deyn-jer-uh s, deynj-ruh s]
IPA: /ˈdeɪn dʒər əs, ˈdeɪndʒ rəs/

Dangerous is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 807 anagrams from letters in dangerous (adegnorsu).

Definitions for dangerous

adjective

  1. full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
  2. able or likely to cause physical injury:

Origin of dangerous

1175-1225; Middle English da(u)ngerous domineering, fraught with danger Old French dangereus threatening, difficult, equivalent to dangier (see danger) + -eus

Examples for dangerous

Such conduct is as wicked and dangerous to the state as any that can be conceived.

There were also crashes not due to either mechanical or human error but to a lack of warning of dangerous conditions.

“I know that being a cop is dangerous but I must do it,” a friend remembered him saying, as reported in The New York Times.

He had got a dangerous game to play, and his plans were vague and shadowy.

What a dangerous character you'd be if you were sent to match silks!

The Wolf of Wall Street is a dangerous, incendiary work of art.

My dear, I'm glad and thankful you've done with that dreadful, dangerous game.

An additonal 30,000 made it to Europe by other routes including commercial flights and dangerous overland passages.

Philip was getting into a dangerous mood with his sentimentalism.

The most dangerous attacks are those that undermine your perceived strength.

Word Value for dangerous
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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