hazardousness

3 definitions found

hazardousness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hazardous \Haz"ard*ous\ (-[u^]s), a. [Cf. F. hasardeux.]
     Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           To enterprise so hazardous and high!     --Milton.
  
     Syn: Perilous; dangerous; bold; daring; adventurous;
          venturesome; precarious; uncertain. -- Haz"ard*ous*ly,
          adv. -- Haz"ard*ous*ness, n.
          [1913 Webster]

  hazardousness \haz"ard*ous*ness\ n.
     the state of being dangerous.
  
     Syn: perilousness, precariousness, danger.
          [WordNet 1.5]

hazardousness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hazardousness
      n 1: the state of being dangerous [syn: hazardousness,
           perilousness]