danger

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Exposure to likely harm; peril.
2. (countable, uncountable) An instance or cause of likely harm.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Mischief.
4. (countable, uncountable) The stop indication of a signal (usually in the phrase "at danger").
5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See in one's danger, below.
6. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Liability.
7. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Difficulty; sparingness; hesitation.
8. (UK, countable, derogatory, uncountable) A contemptible person, especially one seen as perverted or mentally ill.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To claim liability.
2. (obsolete) To imperil; to endanger.
3. (obsolete) To run the risk.

Synonyms

peril

risk

hazard

jeopardy

calamity

threat

misfortune

harm

menace

trouble

distress

crisis

dangerous

fear

😨

accident

caution

adversity

disaster

endangerment

harmfulness

injury

intimidation

mishap

riskiness

destruction

alarm

dangerous situation

hole

🕳️

horror

impact

indigence

poverty

insecurity

fatal risk

dangerousness

look out

danger of death

collision

💥

harm and danger

panic

cause of death

perilous

pit

plight

predicament

careful

risk safety

risky

snare

stakes

Translations

peligro

danger

❗

Gefahr

❗

pericolo

perigo

❗

gevaar

❗

κίνδυνος

perill

❗

rischio

risque

riesgo

🎲

tehlike

❗

periculum

خَطَر

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdeɪn.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Cognate with Old French: dongier

Cognate with Latin: damnum

In summary

From Middle English daunger (“power, dominion, peril”), from Anglo-Norman dangier, from Old French dangier, alteration of Old French dongier (due to association with Latin damnum (“damage”)) from Vulgar Latin *dominārium (“authority, power”) from Latin dominus (“lord, master”). Displaced native Old English frēcennes.

Sentences

On the following day , the first clear sign of danger appeared .