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dangerouser

/ˈdeɪnd͡ʒəɹəsə(ɹ)/

dangerouser is the comparative 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 dangerouser

What is dangerouser the comparative form of?
Dangerouser is the comparative form of dangerous.
How do you pronounce dangerouser?
Dangerouser is pronounced /ˈdeɪnd͡ʒəɹəsə(ɹ)/.

Words near dangerouser in the dictionary

  1. dangerosity
  2. dangerous
  3. Dangerous Corner
  4. dangerous drug
  5. dangerous goods
  6. dangerouser
  7. dangerousest
  8. dangerously
  9. dangerousness
  10. dangers
  11. dangersome

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