dangerous

Meaning

1. Full of danger.
2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.
3. (colloquial) In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death.

Hyphenated as

dan‧ger‧ous

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdeɪnʒ(ə)ɹəs/

Etymology

From Middle English dangerous (“difficult, severe, domineering, arrogant, fraught with danger”), daungerous, from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from Old French dangereus (“threatening, difficult”), from dangier. Equivalent to danger + -ous.
Displaced native Old English frēcne.

Sentences

Taking part in road traffic is potentially dangerous after donating blood .