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dangerousest

dangerousest 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 dangerousest

What is dangerousest the superlative form of?
Dangerousest is the superlative form of dangerous.

Words near dangerousest in the dictionary

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

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