Dangerous — Defs

01 a. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.

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.
Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
“If they incline to think you dangerous To less than gods.” — Milton.
3.
In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.[Colloq.]
4.
Hard to suit; difficult to please.[Obs.]
“My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; My lord to me is hard and dangerous.” — Chaucer.
5.
Reserved; not affable.[Obs.]