• adj.
    ⦿causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
    lexical concept
  • a dangerous operation
  • a grave illness
  • a grave situation
  • a life-threatening disease
  • a serious turn of events
  • a serious wound
  • a severe case of pneumonia
  • grievous bodily harm

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechadjective satellite
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:dangerous
  2. enl:grave
  3. enl:grievous
  4. enl:life-threatening
  5. enl:serious
  6. enl:severe
wn:interlingual indexili:i3616

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labeldangerousgravegrievouslife-threateningserioussevere