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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

that which has the potential to be dangerous or threatening;

e.g. Driving on icy roads is a risky side effect of winter.

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Similar Words

Dangerous

Grave

Grievous

Hazardous

Internecine

Menacing

Parlous

Perilous

Precarious

Serious

Threatening

Ultrahazardous

Unhealthy

Unsafe

Venturesome

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Opposite Words

Advantageous

Anodyne

Beneficial

Benign

Dependable

Good

Harmless

Nondestructive

Nonfatal

Nonthreatening

Nonvenomous

Reliable

Responsible

Safe

Secure

Snug

Solid

Steady

Tried

Tried-and-true

True

Trustworthy

Trusty

Unthreatening

White

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Related Words

Adverse

Adversely

Bad

Baleful

Baneful

Chance

Counter

Damaging

Dangerous

Deadly

Deathly

Deleterious

Destructive

Detrimental

Dicey

Dire

Disadvantageous

Evil

Fatal

Fateful

Fell

Haphazard

Harmful

Hostile

Hurtful

Ill

Inimical

Injurious

Insecure

Killer

Lethal

Malignant

Mischievous

Mortal

Murderous

Negative

Noxious

Pernicious

Pestilent

Precarious

Prejudicial

Random

Sickening

Terminal

Treacherous

Ugly

Ultrahazardous

Unfavorable

Unfriendly

Unpleasant

Unsympathetic

Untoward

Vital

Wicked

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Phrases

• skating on thin ice

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