Adjective

(en-adj)

Full of danger.

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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”

Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.

*(John Milton) (1608-1674)

*:If they incline to think you dangerous / To less than gods

In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.

Forby. Bartlett.

(lb) Hard to suit; difficult to please.

*(Geoffrey Chaucer) (c.1343-1400)

*:My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; / My lord to me is hard and dangerous .

(lb) Reserved; not affable.

*(Geoffrey Chaucer) (c.1343-1400)

*:Of his speech dangerous

Adjective

(en adjective)

More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=June 29, author=Kevin Mitchell, work=the Guardian

, title= Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau , passage=The elimination of Federer after Nadal's loss to Lukas Rosol would have created mild panic among the fans of these gloriously gifted but now clearly vulnerable geniuses. }}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-19, author= Mark Tran

, volume=189, issue=6, page=1, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Denied an education by war , passage=One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools

(computing) More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.