DANGEROUS

dangerous. Dangerous, a. full of danger, hazardous, unsafe

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Dan″ger‐ous (?), a. [[OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous, fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See Danger.]] 1. 1. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.
Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us; The ways are dangerous. Shak. It is dangerous to assert a negative. Macaulay. 2. 2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
If they incline to think you dangerous To less than gods. Milton. 3. 3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. Forby. Bartlett.
4. 4. Hard to suit; difficult to please.
My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; My lord to me is hard and dangerous. Chaucer. 5. 5. Reserved; not affable. “Of his speech dangerous.” Chaucer.
— Dan″ger‐ous‐ly, adv. — Dan″ger‐ous‐ness, n.