Dangerousness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dangerous \Dan"ger*ous\, a. [OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous,
     fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See {Danger}.]
     1. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous;
        hazardous; unsafe.
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              Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us;
              The ways are dangerous.               --Shak.
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              It is dangerous to assert a negative. --Macaulay.
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     2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
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              If they incline to think you dangerous
              To less than gods.                    --Milton.
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     3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with
        death. [Colloq.] --Forby. Bartlett.
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     4. Hard to suit; difficult to please. [Obs.]
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              My wages ben full strait, and eke full small;
              My lord to me is hard and dangerous.  --Chaucer.
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     5. Reserved; not affable. [Obs.] "Of his speech dangerous."
        --Chaucer. -- {Dan"ger*ous*ly}, adv. --
        {Dan"ger*ous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dangerousness
       n : the quality of not being safe [ant: {safeness}]