Classes Voluntary Powers Prospective Volition Subservience Ends Danger
Danger
Nouns
danger, peril, insecurity, jeopardy, risk, hazard, venture, precariousness, slipperiness
instability etc. Changeableness
defenselessness etc. adj. , exposure etc. (liability) Liability
vulnerability
vulnerable point, heel of Achilles
forlorn hope etc. (hopelessness) [Absence, want or loss of hope.] Hopelessness[Dangerous course] leap in the dark etc. (rashness) Rashness
road to ruin, hairbreadth escape. cause for alarm
source of danger etc. [Source of danger.] Pitfall[Approach of danger] , breakers ahead
storm brewing
clouds in the horizon, clouds gathering
warning etc. Warning
alarm etc. [Indication of danger.] Alarm[Sense of danger] apprehension etc. Fear .
Verbs
be in danger etc. adj.
be exposed to danger, run into danger, incur danger, encounter danger etc. n.
run a risk
lay oneself open to etc. (liability) Liability
lean on a broken reed, trust to a broken reed
feel the ground sliding from under one, have to run for it
have the chances against one, have the odds against one, face long odds
be in deep trouble, be between a rock and a hard place. hang by a thread, totter
sleep on a volcano, stand on a volcano
sit on a barrel of gunpowder, live in a glass house. bring in danger, place in danger, put in danger, place in jeopardy, put in jeopardy etc. n.
endanger, expose to danger, imperil
jeopard, jeopardize
compromise
sail too near the wind etc. (rash) Rashness . adventure, risk, hazard, venture, stake, set at hazard
run the gauntlet etc. (dare) [Absence of fear.] Courage
engage in a forlorn hope. threaten danger etc. Threat
run one hard
lay a trap for etc. (deceive) Deception .
Adjectives
in danger etc. n.
endangered etc. v.
fraught with danger
dangerous, hazardous, perilous, parlous, periculous
unsafe, unprotected etc. (safe, protect) etc. Safety
insecure. untrustworthy
built upon.sand, on a sandy basis
wildcat. defenseless, fenceless, guardless, harborless
unshielded
vulnerable, expugnable, exposed
at bay
on the wrong side of the wall, on a lee shore, on the rocks. at stake, in question
precarious, critical, ticklish
slippery, slippy
hanging by a thread etc. v.
with a halter round one's neck
between the hammer and the anvil, between Scylla and Charybdis, between a rock and a hard place, between the devil and the deep blue sea, between two fires
on the edge of a precipice, on the brink of a precipice, on the verge of a precipice, on the edge of a volcano
in the lion's den, on slippery ground, under fire
not out of the wood. unwarned, unadmonished, unadvised, unprepared etc. Nonpreparation
off one's guard etc. (inexpectant) Inexpectation . tottering
unstable, unsteady
shaky, top-heavy, tumbledown, ramshackle, crumbling, waterlogged
helpless, guideless
in a bad way
reduced to the last extremity, at the last extremity
trembling in the balance
nodding to its fall etc. (destruction) [Nonproduction.] Destructionetc. Threat
ominous, illomened
alarming etc. (fear) Fear
explosive. adventurous etc. (rash) Rashness , (bold) [Absence of fear.] Courage