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risk·y  (rsk)
adj. risk·i·er, risk·i·est
Accompanied by or involving risk or danger; hazardous: "Anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky" (Dorothy Canfield Fisher).

riski·ness n.

risky [ˈrɪskɪ]
adj riskier, riskiest
involving danger; perilous
riskily  adv
riskiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.riskyrisky - involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a wild financial scheme"
dangerous, unsafe - involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions"
2.risky - not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
unsound - not sound financially; "unsound banking practices"

risky
adjective dangerous, hazardous, unsafe, perilous, uncertain, tricky, dodgy (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. informal), precarious, touch-and-go, dicey (informal, chiefly Brit.), fraught with danger, chancy (informal) It is a very risky business.
sure, certain, safe, secure, stable, reliable
Translations
risky [ˈrɪskɪ] ADJ (riskier (compar) (riskiest (superl)))
1. (= dangerous) [venture, plan, investment] → arriesgado, riesgoso(LAm)
investing on the stock market is a risky businessinvertir en bolsa supone muchos riesgos
2. = risqué

risky [ˈrɪski] adjrisqué(e)
it's a risky business → c'est risqué

risky
adj (+er)
enterprise, deed, loan, investment, debtriskant; it’s risky, it’s a risky businessdas ist riskant
joke, storypikant, gewagt

risky [ˈrɪskɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → rischioso/a
risky [ˈrɪskɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → rischioso/a

risky محفوف بالمخاطر riskantní risikabel riskant ριψοκίνδυνος arriesgado vaarallinen risqué rizičan rischioso 危険な 위험한 gewaagd risikabel ryzykowny arriscado рискованный riskabel ที่เสี่ยง riskli mạo hiểm 危险的


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It's too risky to attack them by oneself, and if we put it off till another day one of the big guerrilla detachments will snatch the prey from under our noses," thought Denisov, continually peering forward, hoping to see a messenger from Dolokhov.
Had I not known the whole chain of events, or had she not seen how much I was pained and disturbed by her teasing insistency, she would never have thought it worthwhile to soothe me with this frankness--even though, since she not infrequently used me to execute commissions that were not only troublesome, but risky, she ought, in my opinion, to have been frank in ANY case.
But I must proceed cautiously, for it was a risky business.
 
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