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dangerest

dangerest is the superlative form of dangerous.

Meaning of dangerous

Adjective

dangerous (comparative more dangerous or (nonstandard) dangerouser, superlative most dangerous or (nonstandard) dangerousest)

  1. Full of danger.
    • Railway crossings without gates are highly dangerous.
    Antonyms:
    safe
  2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
    • If they incline to think you dangerous, / They have their knaviſh Arts to make you ſo.1696, Tho[mas] Southerne, Oroonoko: A Tragedy […], London: […] H[enry] Playford […]; B[enjamin] Tooke […]; [a]nd S. Buckley […], →OCLC, act III, scene ii, page 41
  3. (colloquial, dated) In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.

Questions about dangerest

What is dangerest the superlative form of?
Dangerest is the superlative form of dangerous.

Words near dangerest in the dictionary

  1. danger zone
  2. danger zones
  3. danger-signal
  4. danger-signals
  5. dangered
  6. dangerest
  7. Dangerfield
  8. Dangerfieldesque
  9. Dangerfields
  10. dangerful
  11. dangerfully

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