different between endanger vs risky

English

Alternative forms

• endaunger (obsolete)
• indanger

Etymology

en- +? danger

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?de?nd??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?de?nd??/
• Hyphenation: en?dan?ger

Verb

endanger (third-person singular simple present endangers, present participle endangering, simple past and past participle endangered)

1. (transitive) To put (someone or something) in danger; to risk causing harm to.
   • 1593, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona

     I hold him but a fool that will endanger / His body [in a duel] for a girl that loves him not

   • 1757, Edmund Burke, The Abridgement of the History of England

     All the other difficulties of his reign only exercised without endangering him.

   • 1877, Louisa May Alcott, Under the Lilacs

     If you endanger other people's life and liberty in your pursuit of happiness, I shall have to confiscate your arms, boys.

2. (obsolete, transitive) To incur the hazard of; to risk; to run the risk of.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Seditions and Troubles

     He that turneth the humours back […] endangereth malign ulcers.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:endanger

Translations

Anagrams

• enranged

English

Etymology

risk +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ski/
• Rhymes: -?ski

Adjective

risky (comparative riskier, superlative riskiest)

1. Dangerous, involving risks.

   Investing in this start-up company could be risky.

2. Misspelling of risqué.
   • 2012, Marlize Schmidt, That Awkward Moment..., Lulu Press, Inc (?ISBN)

     That awkward moment when someone doesn't reply to your risky text message.

   • 1889, Charles Leonard Moore, Banquet of Palacios: A Comedy, page 157:

     Have you no risky songs , no indecent ballads?

   • 2020, B. Barrett-Lennard, Mind Control Through the Mass Media: Transmission of the Politics of Inequality, B. Barrett-Lennard (?ISBN)

     Ronald Frankau (pronounced Franco) wrote a few risky songs, such as FANNY'S BEEN EVACUATED NOW with the line “and for half a pound of butter, well a lady's got to eat” ~ he got banned for it.

Synonyms

• hazardous, dangerous, perilous

Antonyms

• riskless, safe, secure

Related terms

• risk
• riskily
• riskiness
• risqué

Translations

Anagrams

• yirks