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Webster 1913 Edition

Risky

Risk′y

,

Adj.

Attended with risk or danger; hazardous.

“A risky matter.”

W. Collins.

Generalization are always

risky

.

Lowell.

Definition 2024

risky

risky

English

Adjective

risky ‎(comparative riskier, superlative riskiest)

Dangerous, involving risks.
Investing in this start-up company could be risky.

Synonyms

hazardous, dangerous, perilous

Antonyms

riskless, safe

Translations

dangerous, involving risks

Catalan: riscós, arriscat
Czech: nebezpečný (cs), riskantní (cs)
Dutch: gewaagd (nl), riskant (nl)
Finnish: vaarallinen (fi), riskaabeli (fi)
French: risqué (fr) m
German: riskant (de), gefährlich (de), gewagt (de), pikant (de)
Greek: παρακινδυνευμένος (el) m ‎(parakindynevménos)
Hungarian: kockázatos (hu)
Italian: rischioso (it), arrischiato (it), pericoloso (it)
Japanese: 危険な (ja) ‎(kiken na)
Korean: 위험한 ‎(wiheomhan)

Norwegian:

Bokmål: farefull

Nynorsk: farefull
Portuguese: arriscado (pt) m
Russian: риско́ванный (ru) ‎(riskóvannyj)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ри̏зичан m

Roman: rȉzičan (sh) m
Spanish: riesgoso, arriesgado (es)
Swedish: riskabel (sv), riskfylld
Turkish: riskli (tr)
Volapük: riskodik (vo)

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