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I think I mentioned foreboding.....
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I dont think they are it Peter....something false about those words! I beg your pardon? Oh, right, there is something false about them: Asperse is to attack with evil reports or false or injurious charges. Calumniate is to to utter maliciously false statements, charges, or imputations about. I don't know, they may not necessarily imply danger, but to me they have a sense of warning, and certainly the idea of going too far. Works in my head! I felt that "perhaps more than is warranted" is fundamental to the question.
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Yes...both things to be wary of, thats for sure.
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Sinister? (No double speak intended)
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I think I mentioned foreboding..... You certainly did, Candy.
I'm immortal until proven otherwise
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perhaps more than is warranted. Help is much appreciated! I do not quite understand this part of the question. Being alive is dangerous. How many degrees of danger can there be?
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going back to the OP again, it seems like what is wanted is a verb (or a gerund, at least), so howz about to forebode, or even to threaten
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Good heavens, Branny--I have just realized that your question had flown right out of my head by the time I made my first post above; sorry, Sweetie. What is more dangerous, dangerous or perilous? Perilous. Dangerous has been watered down to where it can mean a very small degree of risk. Perilous, on the other hand, almost always means a high risk of physical -- well, peril. Though with both it's best to take the meaning from the context.
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"You stay away from that boy. He'll lead you into drugs and all sorts of depravity." "Mom, last summer he got a warning for driving too fast. That's the worst thing he's ever done."
To my mind, that's what we're talking about here: overreacting, exaggerating, that kind of thing.
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Yes, I was thinking in that direction, T r o m
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