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/icons/point.icon DANGEROUS, HAZARDOUS, PRECARIOUS, PERILOUS, RISKY mean bringing or involving the chance of loss or injury.
DANGEROUS applies to something that may cause harm or loss unless dealt with carefully.
e.g. soldiers on a dangerous mission
HAZARDOUS implies great and continuous risk of harm or failure.
e.g. claims that smoking is hazardous to your health
PRECARIOUS suggests both insecurity and uncertainty.
e.g. earned a precarious living by gambling
PERILOUS strongly implies the immediacy of danger.
e.g. perilous mountain roads
RISKY often applies to a known and accepted danger.
e.g. shied away from risky investments
adjective
not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse:
〈状況･立場などが〉不安定な, 危うい(uncertain, unstable); 〈物が〉(安定が悪く)落ちそうな, 倒れそうな; 足場が悪い.
e.g. a precarious ladder.
dependent on chance; uncertain:
根拠のない, いいかげんな
e.g. he made a precarious living as a painter.
ORIGIN
mid 17th century: from Latin precarius ‘obtained by entreaty’ (from prex, prec- ‘prayer’) + -ous.