请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 risky
释义

risky

adjective

ˈri-skē How to pronounce risky (audio)
riskier; riskiest
: attended with risk or danger : hazardous
riskiness noun

Synonyms

  • dangerous
  • grave
  • grievous
  • hazardous
  • jeopardizing
  • menacing
  • parlous
  • perilous
  • serious
  • threatening
  • unhealthy
  • unsafe
  • venturesome
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Her plan is too risky.
Recent Examples on the Web Any earlier would’ve been risky, said Jones, a beekeeper of 15 years. Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2022 Shifting away from traditional revenue models of monetizing content through advertising and subscriptions to the still largely speculative metaverse business landscape is risky. Adario Strange, Quartz, 31 Aug. 2022 The six-week test flight is risky and could be cut short if something fails, NASA officials warn. Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2022 Hauling around a cuticle oil can be risky, if any spillage were to occur. Tatjana Freund, ELLE, 24 Aug. 2022 Of course, Kickstarter is risky, and the internet is full of horror stories about campaigns gone very wrong. Steve Larese, Outside Online, 24 Aug. 2022 This doesn’t mean that crypto would cease to be risky. Brian P. Brooks And Charles W. Calomiris, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022 Though countries including Russia and India have approved coronavirus vaccines for emergency use without data from large-scale trials, several scientists said in interviews that the practice is risky. Yeganeh Torbati, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2022 Daring to risk that movement, and undermine the on-court product, for a slightly bigger piece of the, pie could be risky, and would unquestionably send a poor message to the millions of fans who are tuning in worldwide. Morten Jensen, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1813, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

risky

adjective

ˈris-kē How to pronounce risky (audio)
riskier; riskiest
: dangerous sense 1

risky

adjective

as in dangerous
involving potential loss or injury a risky new adventure

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • dangerous
  • hazardous
  • perilous
  • serious
  • unsafe
  • precarious
  • treacherous
  • threatening
  • unhealthy
  • menacing
  • jeopardizing
  • random
  • venturesome
  • uncertain
  • grave
  • grievous
  • destructive
  • fatal
  • detrimental
  • parlous
  • harmful
  • unpleasant
  • dicey
  • bad
  • insecure
  • lethal
  • haphazard
  • adverse
  • deadly
  • chance
  • fell
  • sickening
  • injurious
  • ugly
  • distressing
  • deleterious
  • nasty
  • pernicious
  • murderous
  • malignant
  • evil
  • hurtful
  • wicked
  • ultrahazardous
  • noxious
  • killer
  • ill
  • dire
  • inimical
  • fateful
  • mortal
  • baneful
  • deathly
  • pestilent
  • baleful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • safe
  • harmless
  • innocuous
  • beneficial
  • advantageous
  • good
  • nonthreatening
  • innocent
  • nonhazardous
  • unthreatening
  • ultrasafe
See More

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of risky are dangerous, hazardous, perilous, and precarious. While all these words mean "bringing or involving the chance of loss or injury," risky often applies to a known and accepted danger.

shied away from risky investments

While the synonyms dangerous and risky are close in meaning, dangerous applies to something that may cause harm or loss unless dealt with carefully.

soldiers on a dangerous mission

Although the words hazardous and risky have much in common, hazardous implies great and continuous risk of harm or failure.

claims that smoking is hazardous to your health

The words perilous and risky can be used in similar contexts, but perilous strongly implies the immediacy of danger.

perilous mountain roads

While in some cases nearly identical to risky, precarious suggests both insecurity and uncertainty.

earned a precarious living by gambling
随便看

 

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/3/2 2:02:28