All jeopardous synonyms
jeopΒ·ardΒ·ous
J j adjective jeopardous
- dangerous β If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- adventurous β Someone who is adventurous is willing to take risks and to try new methods. Something that is adventurous involves new things or ideas.
- alarming β Something that is alarming makes you feel afraid or anxious that something unpleasant or dangerous might happen.
- bad β If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.
- breakneck β If you say that something happens or travels at breakneck speed, you mean that it happens or travels very fast.
- chancy β Something that is chancy involves a lot of risk or uncertainty.
- critical β If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
- deadly β If something is deadly, it is likely or able to cause someone's death, or has already caused someone's death.
- delicate β Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
- dynamite β A high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically molded into sticks.
- exposed β Make (something) visible, typically by uncovering it.
- fatal β causing or capable of causing death; mortal; deadly: a fatal accident; a fatal dose of poison.
- formidable β causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- hairy β covered with hair; having much hair.
- hazardous β full of risk; perilous; risky: a hazardous journey.
- heavy β of great weight; hard to lift or carry: a heavy load.
- hot β having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- impending β about to happen; imminent: their impending marriage.
- impregnable β susceptible to impregnation, as an egg.
- insecure β subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not self-confident or assured: an insecure person.
- loaded β bearing or having a load; full: a loaded bus.
- malignant β disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
- menacing β something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- mortal β subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- nasty β physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
- parlous β perilous; dangerous.
- perilous β involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- portentous β of the nature of a portent; momentous.
- precarious β dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure: a precarious livelihood.
- pressing β urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need.
- queasy β inclined to or feeling nausea, as the stomach, a person, etc.; nauseous; nauseated.
- risky β attended with or involving risk; hazardous: a risky undertaking.
- serious β of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- serpentine β of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement.
- shaky β tending to shake or tremble.
- speculative β pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- terrible β distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- thorny β abounding in or characterized by thorns; spiny; prickly.
- threatening β tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
- ticklish β sensitive to tickling.
- touch-and-go β risky; precarious: a touch-and-go descent down the mountain.
- touchy β apt to take offense on slight provocation; irritable: He is very touchy when he's sick.
- treacherous β characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- ugly β very unattractive or unpleasant to look at; offensive to the sense of beauty; displeasing in appearance.
- unhealthy β not in a state of good or normal health; in an unsound, weak, or morbid condition.
- unsafe β secure from liability to harm, injury, danger, or risk: a safe place.
- unstable β not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady.
- urgent β compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter.
- venturesome β having or showing a disposition to undertake risky or dangerous activities; daring: a venturesome investor; a venturesome explorer.
- venturous β venturesome.