Definition of dangerous

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Dangerous (a.) Hard to suit; difficult to please.

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Critical :: Critical (n.) Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis, turning point, or specially important juncture; important as regards consequences; hence, of doubtful issue; attended with risk; dangerous; as, the critical stage of a fever; a critical situation..
Scylla :: Scylla (n.) A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying Between Scylla and Charybdis, signifying a great peril on either hand..
Anticor :: Anticor (n.) A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart..
Charybdis :: Charybdis (n.) A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.
Safe :: Safe (superl.) Incapable of doing harm; no longer dangerous; in secure care or custody; as, the prisoner is safe..
White-water :: White-water (n.) A dangerous disease of sheep.
Viper :: Viper (a.) A dangerous, treacherous, or malignant person..
Wicked :: Wicked (a.) Cursed; baneful; hurtful; bad; pernicious; dangerous.
Chigre :: Chigre (n.) A species of flea (Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger..
Diphtheria :: Diphtheria (n.) A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf. Group..
Light-ship :: Light-ship (n.) A vessel carrying at the masthead a brilliant light, and moored off a shoal or place of dangerous navigation as a guide for mariners..
Madcap :: Madcap (a.) Inclined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements..
Retreat :: Retreat (n.) The act of retiring or withdrawing one's self, especially from what is dangerous or disagreeable..
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) An opening, road, or track, available for passing; especially, one through or over some dangerous or otherwise impracticable barrier; a passageway; a defile; a ford; as, a mountain pass..
Periculous :: Periculous (a.) Dangerous; full of peril.
Herculean :: Herculean (a.) Requiring the strength of Hercules; hence, very great, difficult, or dangerous; as, an Herculean task..
Parlous :: Parlous (a.) Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough..
Unchancy :: Unchancy (a.) Unsafe to meddle with; dangerous.
Petalism :: Petalism (n.) A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans by which they banished for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition. It was similar to the ostracism in Athens; but olive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots.
Ergot :: Ergot (n.) The mycelium or spawn of this fungus infecting grains of rye and wheat. It is a powerful remedial agent, and also a dangerous poison, and is used as a means of hastening childbirth, and to arrest bleeding..
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