Meaning of HAZARDOUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'hazurdus
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| | Definition: | | [adj] involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a venturesome journey in wintertime"; "a venturous enterprise" |
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| | Synonyms: | | dangerous, risky, unsafe, venturesome, venturous |
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| | Definition: | | \Haz"ard*ous\, a. [Cf. F. hasardeux.]
Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky.
To enterprise so hazardous and high! --Milton.
Syn: Perilous; dangerous; bold; daring; adventurous;
venturesome; precarious; uncertain. -- {Haz"ard*ous*ly},
adv. -- {Haz"ard*ous*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | adventurous, aleatory, chancy, dangerous, desultory, dicey, dickey, fraught with danger, full of risk, hairy, infirm, insecure, insubstantial, jeopardous, parlous, perilous, precarious, provisional, questionable, riskful, risky, shaky, shifting, shifty, slippery, speculative, temporary, tentative, ticklish, treacherous, tricky, uncertain, undependable, unfaithworthy, unhealthy, unpredictable, unreliable, unsafe, unsolid, unsound, unstable, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsubstantial, unsure, untrustworthy, venturesome, venturous, wicked, wildcat |
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