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| Main Entry: | danger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hazard, troublesome situation |
| Synonyms: | crisis, dynamite, emergency, exigency, exposure, insecurity, instability, jeopardy, menace, peril, pitfall, possibility, precipice, probability, risk, storm, threat, uncertainty, venture, clouds, double trouble, endangerment, hot potato, precariousness, risky business, slipperiness, thin ice, vulnerability |
| Antonyms: | care, guard, preservation, safety, security, carefulness |
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
danger, peril, insecurity, jeopardy, risk, hazard, venture, precariousness, slipperiness; instability [more]; defenselessness, exposure (liability) [more]; vulnerability; vulnerable point, heel of Achilles; forlorn hope (hopelessness) [more]., [Dangerous course] leap in the dark (rashness) [more]; road to ruin, faciles descensus Averni [Vergil], hairbreadth escape., cause for alarm; source of danger [more]., [Approach of danger] rock ahead, breakers ahead; storm brewing; clouds in the horizon, clouds gathering; warning [more]; alarm [more]., [Sense of danger] apprehension [more].
-verbs
be in danger; be exposed to danger, run into danger, incur danger, encounter danger; run a risk; lay oneself open to (liability) [more]; lean on a broken reed, trust to a broken reed; feel the ground sliding from under one, have to run for it; have the chances against one, have the odds against one, face long odds; be in deep trouble, be between a rock and a hard place., hang by a thread, totter; sleep on a volcano, stand on a volcano; sit on a barrel of gunpowder, live in a glass house., bring in danger, place in danger, put in danger, place in jeopardy, put in jeopardy; endanger, expose to danger, imperil; jeopard, jeopardize; compromise; sail too near the wind (rash) [more]., adventure, risk, hazard, venture, stake, set at hazard; run the gauntlet (dare) [more]; engage in a forlorn hope., threaten danger [more]; run one hard; lay a trap for (deceive) [more].
-adjectives
in danger; endangered; fraught with danger; dangerous, hazardous, perilous, parlous, periculous; unsafe, unprotected (safe, protect [more]); insecure, . untrustworthy; built upon.sand, on a sandy basis; wildcat., defenseless, fenceless, guardless, harborless; unshielded; vulnerable, expugnable, exposed; open to (liable) [more]., aux abois, at bay; on the wrong side of the wall, on a lee shore, on the rocks., at stake, in question; precarious, critical, ticklish; slippery, slippy; hanging by a thread; with a halter round one's neck; between the hammer and the anvil, between Scylla and Charybdis, between a rock and a hard place, between the devil and the deep blue sea, between two fires; on the edge of a precipice, on the brink of a precipice, on the verge of a precipice, on the edge of a volcano; in the lion's den, on slippery ground, under fire; not out of the wood(s).
-phrases
incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim; nam tua res agitur paries dum proximus ardet.
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| Antonyms: | safety |
| Main Entry: | bad news |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trouble |
| Synonyms: | bind, bother, concern, danger, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, disappointment, distress, grief, headache*, hindrance, hot water, inconvenience, mess, misfortune, nuisance, pain, predicament, problem, struggle, torment, woe, deep trouble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hardship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal burden |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, asperity, austerity, calamity, case, catastrophe, curse, danger, destitution, difficulty, disaster, discomfort, distress, drudgery, fatigue, grief, grievance, hard knocks*, hazard, injury, labor, mischance, misery, misfortune, need, oppression, peril, persecution, privation, rainy day, rigor, sorrow, suffering, toil, torment, travail, trial, tribulation, trouble, vicissitude, want, worry, Herculean task, rotten luck, tough break, tough luck, uphill battle |
| Antonyms: | advantage, assistance, benefit, blessing, ease, favor, gain, good, profit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indignation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anger |
| Synonyms: | animus, danger, displeasure, exasperation, fury, huff*, ire, mad, miff*, pique, rage, resentment, rise, scorn, umbrage, wrath, boiling point, slow burn |
| Antonyms: | glee, happiness, joy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pitfall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hazard, trap |
| Synonyms: | booby trap*, catch*, danger, difficulty, downfall, drawback, entanglement, hook*, mesh*, peril, pit*, risk, setup, snag*, snare, swindle*, toil, web, deadfall*, mousetrap, quicksand* |
| Notes: | a pitfall is an unforeseen or unexpected difficulty or disaster - or a trap in the form of a concealed hole; a pratfall is an embarrassing or humiliating mistake, blunder, or mishap - or a fall on the buttocks |
| Antonyms: | advantage, blessing, good luck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | risk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance taken |
| Synonyms: | accident, contingency, danger, exposure, flyer*, fortune, gamble, hazard, jeopardy, liability, luck, opportunity, peril, plunge, possibility, prospect, shot in the dark*, speculation, stab*, uncertainty, venture, wager, exposedness, fortuity, header, liableness, openness |
| Antonyms: | certainty, safety, surety, sureness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trouble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | annoyance, worry |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anxiety, bad news*, bind, bother, commotion, concern, danger, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, discontent, discord, disorder, disquiet, dissatisfaction, distress, disturbance, grief, hang-up*, heartache, hindrance, hot water, inconvenience, irritation, mess, misfortune, nuisance, pain, pest, pickle*, predicament, problem, puzzle, row, scrape, sorrow, spot, strain, stress, strife, struggle, suffering, task, torment, tribulation, tumult, unrest, vexation, woe |
| Antonyms: | contentment, happiness, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | awkwardness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficulty |
| Synonyms: | danger, inconvenience, peril, risk, bulkiness, chanciness, cumbersomeness, hazardousness, perilousness, troublesomeness, uncomfortableness, unhandiness, unmanageability, unwieldiness |
| Antonyms: | convenience, ease, easiness, straightforwardness |
| Main Entry: | damnable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | atrocious, horrible |
| Synonyms: | abhorrent, abominable, accursed, blessed, culpable, cursed, darn, depraved, despicable, detestable, execrable, hateful, odious, offensive, outrageous, wicked, blamed, dang, dratted |
| Antonyms: | admirable, blessed, exalted, favorable, favored, good, laudatory, praiseworthy, cherished, loveable |
| Main Entry: | damned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hateful, unwelcome |
| Synonyms: | accursed, bad, blessed*, bloody*, blooming*, confounded, cursed, damnable, darn*, darned*, despicable, detestable, done for*, doomed, execrable, infamous, infernal*, loathsome, lost, lousy, reprobate, revolting, unhappy, all-fired, anathematized, blankety-blank, blasted, condemned, cussed, dang, doggone*, dratted, gone to blazes, voodooed |
| Antonyms: | blessed, favored, nice, praiseworthy, welcome, cherished, likeable, loveable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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