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Likely to have adverse consequences

Able or likely to cause harm or injury

Intimidating or aggressive in nature

Very harmful or destructive, and capable of causing death

Marked by a likelihood to threaten the safety of a person or persons

Inclined to behave in a reckless or outrageous manner

Willing to take risks or to try out new methods, ideas, or experiences

Evil or morally wrong

In a state of disrepair

Exhibiting radioactivity

(of the elements) Causing discomfort by its harshness

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects

Causing great (emotional) pain, anguish or distress

(of an object or situation) Significant in degree of importance or urgency

Causing difficulty or annoyance

Engaged in, expressing, or based on conjecture rather than knowledge

Tending to stir up conflict or feelings of anger or resentment

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Adjective

Likely to have adverse consequences

fraught with danger

playing with fire

Russian roulette

jeopardizing^US

jeopardising^UK

life-threatening

hanging by a thread

on slippery ground

hanging by thread

hanging in the balance

on a slippery slope

full of upheavals

potentially violent

open to question

like herding cats

to be won or lost

in no man's land

on collision course

discountenancing

incomprehensible

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“We will have to hire a stuntman for this scene because it is too dangerous for you to perform.”

Adjective

Able or likely to cause harm or injury

jeopardising^UK

jeopardizing^US

life-threatening

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

counterproductive

environmentally unfriendly

evil-intentioned

disease-causing

ill-intentioned

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“Drinking copious amounts of alcohol is dangerous for your health.”

Adjective

Intimidating or aggressive in nature

unfavourable^UK

disadvantageous

life-threatening

full of hardship

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“Stay away from him because he is a crazy and dangerous man.”

Adjective

Very harmful or destructive, and capable of causing death

life-threatening

disadvantageous

environmentally unfriendly

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Adjective

Marked by a likelihood to threaten the safety of a person or persons

Adjective

Inclined to behave in a reckless or outrageous manner

Adjective

Willing to take risks or to try out new methods, ideas, or experiences

jumping to conclusions

as game as Ned Kelly

hell-for-leather

over-adventurous

over-venturesome

not thought through

badly thought out

overventuresome

playing with fire

bull-in-a-china-shop

entrepreneurial

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Adjective

Evil or morally wrong

dishonorable^US

dishonourable^UK

evil-intentioned

unfavourable^UK

Mephistophelian

disadvantageous

beyond the pale

counterproductive

near the knuckle

double-crossing

gone to the dogs

beyond contempt

under-the-table

environmentally unfriendly

unconscientious

uncompassionate

against the law

pleasure-seeking

insurrectionary

beneath contempt

in the fast lane

desensitized^US

unauthorized^US

good-for-nothing

take-no-prisoners

desensitised^UK

insurrectionist

lacking restraint

with a heart of stone

unauthorised^UK

against the rules

under the counter

full of mischief

causing trouble

gossip-mongering

mephistophelean

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

unconstitutional

ill-intentioned

close to the bone

highly improper

sexually explicit

deserving blame

accidentally on purpose

ill-favoured^UK

untrammelled^UK

overextravagant

disproportionate

antagonizing^US

antagonising^UK

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

attention-seeking

ill-disciplined

under-the-counter

under the table

contrary to law

in violation of law

without law and order

stick out like sore thumb

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Adjective

In a state of disrepair

Adjective

Exhibiting radioactivity

emitting radiation

Adjective

(of the elements) Causing discomfort by its harshness

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Adjective

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with very harmful effects

like a snake in the grass

dishonourable^UK

dishonorable^US

not to be trusted

double-crossing

unsportsmanlike

hole-and-corner

crazy like a fox

under the table

snake in the grass

cloak-and-dagger

terminologically inexact

not entirely truthful

economical with the truth

not straightforward

playing politics

hole and corner

cloak and dagger

under-the-table

behind someone's back

behind-the-scenes

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Adjective

Causing great (emotional) pain, anguish or distress

demoralizing^US

demoralising^UK

heart-wrenching

energy-consuming

unfavourable^UK

emotionally moving

pick-and-shovel

down in the mouth

easier said than done

down in the dumps

phantasmagorical

emotionally draining

anxiety provoking

extremely upsetting

like getting blood out of a stone

arousing affect

very unpleasant

full of hardship

beyond the pale

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Adjective

(of an object or situation) Significant in degree of importance or urgency

of great consequence

earth-shattering

of significance

of great import

no laughing matter

of great importance

ground-breaking

meat-and-potatoes

vitally important

life-preserving

life-sustaining

earthshattering

world-shattering

carrying a lot of weight

worthy of attention

hanging by thread

at the heart of

of the utmost importance

matter of life and death

strictly business

playing hard ball

life-threatening

across-the-board

across the board

most influential

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Adjective

Causing difficulty or annoyance

antagonizing^US

antagonising^UK

energy-consuming

enough to try the patience of a saint

enough to drive you up the wall

unfavourable^UK

pick-and-shovel

disadvantageous

discountenancing

incomprehensible

easier said than done

difficult to understand

full of twists and turns

destabilising^UK

destabilizing^US

anxiety provoking

like herding cats

emotionally draining

like getting blood out of a stone

causing discomfort

no piece of cake

difficult to handle

hard to explain

above your head

over one's head

beyond comprehension

beyond one's grasp

thought-provoking

dishonouring^UK

full of problems

overly solicitous

beset by problems

unaccommodating

high-maintenance

hard to satisfy

over-censorious

over-particular

fraught with danger

jeopardizing^US

jeopardising^UK

playing with fire

Russian roulette

life-threatening

difficult to achieve

confrontational

not to be borne

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Adjective

Engaged in, expressing, or based on conjecture rather than knowledge

unsubstantiated

based on guesswork

in the abstract

hypothesized^US

hypothesised^UK

taken for granted

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Adjective

Tending to stir up conflict or feelings of anger or resentment

insurrectionary

insurrectionist

causing trouble

like a red rag to a bull

destabilizing^US

destabilising^UK

confrontational

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