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adjective

1. Involving possible risk, loss, or injury: adventurous, chancy, hazardous, jeopardous, parlous, perilous, risky, treacherous, unsafe, venturesome, venturous. Slang hairy. See safety/danger.
2. Causing or marked by danger or pain, for example: grave, grievous, serious, severe. See help/harm/harmless.

adj

Definition: hazardous, troubling
Antonyms: careful, guarded, safe, secure, unhazardous, untroubled

IN BRIEF: Likely to cause harm.

If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time. — Marcel Proust (1871-1922), French novelist.

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• Troublesome, Negative, Irresponsible, or Unpleasant

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - farlig

Nederlands (Dutch)
gevaarlijk

Français (French)
adj. - dangereux, périlleux, grave (une maladie)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gefährlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επικίνδυνος, επισφαλής

Italiano (Italian)
pericoloso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - perigoso

Русский (Russian)
опасный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - peligroso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - farlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
危险的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 危險的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 위험한, 위독한, 무서운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 危険な, 物騒な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خطر, محفوف بالمخاطر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מסוכן‬

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