hazardous

Examples

• All

• It's a hazardous line of work.

  Spawn of the Slithis (1978)

• This is all hazardous to your health.

  Crocodile Dundee II (1988)

• Girls are more likely to work than boys, and most of the children in hazardous work are girls.

• I suppose your journey is to be hazardous at times.

  Orlando (1992)

• This is extremely hazardous duty.

  Devotion (2022)

• You can try to stop me, but I must warn you, it may be hazardous to your health.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Like warning caution, this can be hazardous to your mental health.

  ReasonTV

• Parenting may be hazardous to your health.

  I've Had It

• None of the companies are doing enough to prevent hazardous child labour in their supply chains.

• All four countries now have at least one modern hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facility.

  Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

D

dangerous

vshazardous

∞ 1.5

Likely to cause harm or injury

is broader, stressing risk or potential rather than immediate harm

R

risky

vshazardous

269 3.6

Likely to cause loss, harm, or danger

focuses more on physical or general danger rather than financial uncertainty

H

harmful

vshazardous

161 2.6

Causing damage to people, animals or things

highlights potential for risk rather than stating that damage already occurs

U

unsafe

vshazardous

93 1.1

Likely to cause harm to people or damage to things

emphasizes involvement of risk rather than simply being unprotected

P

perilous

vshazardous

43 7.5

Full of danger that could cause harm

is less extreme and focuses on general risk rather than extreme danger

D

dicey

vshazardous

• Informal

30 8.5

Likely to be risky or dangerous because the outcome is uncertain

focuses on presence of risk even when outcomes are known or predictable

E

extrahazardous

vshazardous

8.4

Likely to cause serious harm or danger

is milder, meaning risk but not necessarily beyond accepted limits

Antonyms

S

safe

∞ 1.0

Not likely to be harmed or in danger

H

harmless

231 1.0

Not able to hurt people or things

How Dangerous

deadly

543 2.8

perilous

43 7.5

hazardous

98 5.2

risky

269 3.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology