"risky" meaning in English

See risky in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹɪski/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-risky.wav Forms: riskier [comparative], riskiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪski Etymology: From risk + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|risk|y}} risk + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} risky (comparative riskier, superlative riskiest)
  1. Dangerous, involving risks. Translations (dangerous, involving risks): рискован (riskovan) (Bulgarian), riscós (Catalan), arriscat (Catalan), nebezpečný (Czech), riskantní (Czech), gewaagd (Dutch), riskant (Dutch), vaarallinen (Finnish), riskaabeli (Finnish), risqué [masculine] (French), riskant (German), gefährlich (German), gewagt (German), pikant (German), παρακινδυνευμένος (parakindynevménos) [masculine] (Greek), makuyaw (Higaonon), ख़तरनाक (xatarnāk) (Hindi), kockázatos (Hungarian), rischioso (Italian), arrischiato (Italian), pericoloso (Italian), azzardato [masculine] (Italian), 危険な (kiken na) (Japanese), 위험한 (wiheomhan) (Korean), ри́зичен (rízičen) (Macedonian), о́пасен (ópasen) (Macedonian), whakawhara (Maori), farefull (Norwegian Bokmål), farefull (Norwegian Nynorsk), roakboa (Plautdietsch), ryzykowny (Polish), niebezpieczny (Polish), arriscado (Portuguese), риско́ванный (riskóvannyj) (Russian), ри̏зичан [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), rȉzičan [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), riesgoso (Spanish), arriesgado (Spanish), riskabel (Swedish), riskfylld (Swedish), riskli (Turkish), riskodik (Volapük)
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  2. Misspelling of risqué. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: risqué
    Sense id: en-risky-en-adj-tBbSW1o7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hazardous, dangerous, perilous Related terms: risk, riskily, riskiness, risqué

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "riskovan",
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          "word": "рискован"
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          "word": "riscós"
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          "word": "arriscat"
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          "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
          "word": "nebezpečný"
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          "word": "riskantní"
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          "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
          "word": "gewaagd"
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          "word": "riskant"
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          "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
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          "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
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          "word": "risqué"
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          "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
          "word": "riskant"
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          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "gefährlich"
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          "word": "gewagt"
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          "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
          "word": "pikant"
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          "word": "kockázatos"
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          "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
          "word": "rischioso"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
          "word": "arrischiato"
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          "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
          "word": "pericoloso"
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          "word": "azzardato"
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          "roman": "kiken na",
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          "word": "危険な"
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          "word": "arriscado"
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          "word": "риско́ванный"
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          "word": "riesgoso"
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          "ref": "2012, Marlize Schmidt, That Awkward Moment..., Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:",
          "text": "That awkward moment when someone doesn't reply to your risky text message.",
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          "ref": "1889, Charles Leonard Moore, Banquet of Palacios: A Comedy, page 157:",
          "text": "Have you no risky songs , no indecent ballads?",
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          "ref": "2020, B. Barrett-Lennard, Mind Control Through the Mass Media: Transmission of the Politics of Inequality, B. Barrett-Lennard, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Ronald Frankau (pronounced Franco) wrote a few risky songs, such as FANNY'S BEEN EVACUATED NOW with the line “and for half a pound of butter, well a lady's got to eat” ~ he got banned for it.",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "risk"
    },
    {
      "word": "riskily"
    },
    {
      "word": "riskiness"
    },
    {
      "word": "risqué"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Investing in this start-up company could be risky.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dangerous, involving risks."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "risk",
          "risk"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "risqué"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English misspellings",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, Marlize Schmidt, That Awkward Moment..., Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN:",
          "text": "That awkward moment when someone doesn't reply to your risky text message.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1889, Charles Leonard Moore, Banquet of Palacios: A Comedy, page 157:",
          "text": "Have you no risky songs , no indecent ballads?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, B. Barrett-Lennard, Mind Control Through the Mass Media: Transmission of the Politics of Inequality, B. Barrett-Lennard, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Ronald Frankau (pronounced Franco) wrote a few risky songs, such as FANNY'S BEEN EVACUATED NOW with the line “and for half a pound of butter, well a lady's got to eat” ~ he got banned for it.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Misspelling of risqué."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "risqué",
          "risqué#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "misspelling"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈɹɪski/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪski"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hazardous"
    },
    {
      "word": "dangerous"
    },
    {
      "word": "perilous"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "riskovan",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "рискован"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "riscós"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "arriscat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "nebezpečný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "riskantní"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "gewaagd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "riskant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "vaarallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "riskaabeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "risqué"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "riskant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "gefährlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "gewagt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "pikant"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parakindynevménos",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "παρακινδυνευμένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "mba",
      "lang": "Higaonon",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "makuyaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "xatarnāk",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "ख़तरनाक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "kockázatos"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "rischioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "arrischiato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "pericoloso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "azzardato"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kiken na",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "危険な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wiheomhan",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "위험한"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rízičen",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "ри́зичен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ópasen",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "о́пасен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "whakawhara"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "farefull"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "farefull"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "roakboa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "ryzykowny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "niebezpieczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "arriscado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "riskóvannyj",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "риско́ванный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ри̏зичан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rȉzičan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "riesgoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "arriesgado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "riskabel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "riskfylld"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "riskli"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "dangerous, involving risks",
      "word": "riskodik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "risky"
}

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