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hazardous

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈhæ.zɚ.dɪs/
  • General-American: /-dəs/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 Z ER0 D AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Risky; dangerous; with the nature of a hazard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: high-wire

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or involving chance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

involving risk or danger

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • skydiving is a hazardous sport
  • extremely risky going out in the tide and fog
  • a wild financial scheme

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: risky, wild

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle French hasardeux, equivalent to hazard + -ous.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: рискован (riskovan) — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • Bulgarian: опасен (opasen) — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • Catalan: atzarós — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • Cherokee: ᎦᎾᏰᎩ (ganayegi) — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • Finnish: vaarallinen — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • Finnish: riskipitoinen — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • French: hasardeux — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • Middle French: hazardeux — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • German: gefährlich — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • German: Gefahr- — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • German: Gefahren- — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • Italian: pericoloso — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • Italian: azzardato — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • Latin: perīculōsus — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • Māori: whakawhara — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • Norwegian Bokmål: farefull — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: farefull — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • Plautdietsch: roakboa — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • Spanish: brígido — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • Spanish: fortunal — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • Spanish: azaroso — risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard
  • Finnish: uskalias — of or involving chance
  • Finnish: sattumanvarainen — of or involving chance
  • Spanish: azaroso — of or involving chance
  • Spanish: fortunoso — of or involving chance
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