risky

risky
adj
perilous, dangerous, fraught with danger, chancy, Sl. dicey, touch-and-go, jeopardous, Archaic. parlous; venturesome, venturous, adventuresome, adventurous, daring, bold, foolhardy, daredevil; treacherous, deceptive, unreliable, untrustworthy; menacing, threatening, minatory, minacious; dubious, uncertain, unpredictable, unsure, Inf. iffy, questionable, up in the air; scary, Sl. hairy, frightening, disquieting, Inf. spooky; precarious, unsound, unsafe, shaky; ticklish, delicate, touchy, thorny, difficult, critical; ominous, inauspicious, unfavorable.

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  • risky — UK US /ˈrɪski/ adjective ► involving the possibility that something bad might happen or that something will fail or lose money: »Even over the long run, stocks are risky. »a risky asset/investment »The travel sector is risky for investors. ►… …   Financial and business terms

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  • risky — risky, risqué Risky is the general word meaning ‘involving risk’, whereas the French loanword risqué means ‘slightly indecent’ (especially with reference to humour) and therefore risking shock …   Modern English usage

  • risky — index aleatory (perilous), dangerous, impulsive (rash), insalubrious, insecure, noxious, precarious …   Law dictionary

  • risky — 1826, from RISK (Cf. risk) + Y (Cf. y) (2) …   Etymology dictionary

  • risky — precarious, hazardous, *dangerous, perilous Analogous words: *adventurous, venturesome: chancy, *random, haphazard, hit or miss, happy go lucky …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • risky — [adj] dangerous chancy, delicate, dicey*, endangered, fraught with danger*, going for broke*, hairy*, hanging by a thread*, hazardous, iffy*, insecure, jeopardous, long shot*, not a prayer*, off the deep end*, on slippery ground*, on the spot*,… …   New thesaurus

  • risky — ► ADJECTIVE (riskier, riskiest) ▪ involving risk. DERIVATIVES riskily adverb riskiness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • risky — [ris′kē] adj. riskier, riskiest involving risk; hazardous; dangerous riskily adv. riskiness n …   English World dictionary

  • risky */ — UK [ˈrɪskɪ] / US adjective Word forms risky : adjective risky comparative riskier superlative riskiest involving the possibility of danger, harm, or failure I wouldn t do it if I were you – it s too risky. The decision is a politically risky one …   English dictionary

  • risky — risk|y [ rıski ] adjective * involving the possibility of danger, harm, or failure: I wouldn t do it if I were you, it s too risky. The decision is a politically risky one. risky to do something: It would be risky to invest all your money in the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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