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- pronunciation:
- hae
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
having great or numerous dangers; risky; perilous.
These hilly roads are hazardous in the winter.Mining has always been a hazardous job.Smoking is known to be hazardous to one's health.Disposing of hazardous waste presents difficulties.
- synonyms:
- dangerous, perilous, risky
- antonyms:
- safe
- similar words:
- adventurous, chancy, dicey, inauspicious, precarious
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| definition 2: |
depending on chance.
It might sound like a good idea, but the results are hazardous.- synonyms:
- chancy, dicey, iffy
- antonyms:
- certain
- similar words:
- fluky, precarious
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| related words: |
awkward, critical, deadly, grave, insecure, serious, tricky, unsound |
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| derivations: |
hazardously (adv.), hazardousness (n.) |
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