risksome
risksome adjective: synonym of risky.
Adjective
risksome (comparative more risksome, superlative most risksome)
- Synonym of risky.
- The police are efficient, and the garrote not an institution, else it would be a risksome venture to mount these silent, dark stairways, with no other guide than the balusters and the recollection of the landing stages passed.1866, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, volume 33, page 174
- “[…] I feel I'm getting an old man now; and my business is very risksome, when the waves are high, and the wind blows hard, and only a cockleshell of a boat between me and eternity; so we're right to lay something by for you, in case ill should come to me.”1872, Sibella Jones, The wet blanket
- Synonyms:
- risky
Examples of risksome in a sentence
- "It's a risksome business," he went on, after informing them of the instructions he had received.1885, George Alfred Henty, True to the Old Flag:
- At the first jump he went over the hill, then he said to himself, “This is too risksome; that man is dangerous.”2015, Jeremiah Curtin, Seneca Indian Myths:
Synonyms of risksome
Forms of risksome
| comparative | more risksome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most risksome |
Origin of risksome
From risk + -some.
Questions about risksome
- What does risksome mean?
- Risksome means synonym of risky.
- How do you use risksome in a sentence?
- "It's a risksome business," he went on, after informing them of the instructions he had received.
- What part of speech is risksome?
- Risksome is an adjective.
Words near risksome in the dictionary
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