different between risky vs riskful
risky
English
Etymology
risk +? -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???ski/
- Rhymes: -?ski
Adjective
risky (comparative riskier, superlative riskiest)
- Dangerous, involving risks.
- Investing in this start-up company could be risky.
- 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.
- 2012, Marlize Schmidt, That Awkward Moment..., Lulu Press, Inc (?ISBN)
Synonyms
- hazardous, dangerous, perilous
Antonyms
- riskless, safe, secure
Related terms
- risk
- riskily
- riskiness
- risqué
Translations
Anagrams
- yirks
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- what risky behavior was demonstrated by florida
riskful
English
Etymology
From risk +? -ful.
Adjective
riskful (comparative more riskful, superlative most riskful)
- (archaic) Full of risks; risky.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Geddes to this entry?)
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