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#204108 - 01/07/12 08:11 PM Re: Depicting something as dangerous [Re: Rhubarb Commando]
Candy Pooh-Bah Registered: 09/21/10 Posts: 1706 Loc: down under	I think I mentioned foreboding.....
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#204109 - 01/07/12 08:28 PM Re: Depicting something as dangerous [Re: Candy]
Tromboniator old hand Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 954 Loc: Alaska	Originally Posted By: Candy 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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#204110 - 01/07/12 08:41 PM Re: Depicting something as dangerous [Re: Deaccession]
Candy Pooh-Bah Registered: 09/21/10 Posts: 1706 Loc: down under	Yes...both things to be wary of, thats for sure.
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#204112 - 01/07/12 09:15 PM Re: Depicting something as dangerous [Re: Deaccession]
Avy old hand Registered: 06/23/00 Posts: 724	Sinister? (No double speak intended)
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#204117 - 01/08/12 11:41 AM Re: Depicting something as dangerous [Re: Candy]
Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1075 Loc: Lancaster, UK	Originally Posted By: Candy I think I mentioned foreboding..... You certainly did, Candy. _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise
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#204118 - 01/08/12 01:50 PM Re: Depicting something as dangerous [Re: Deaccession]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Originally Posted By: Deaccession 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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#204121 - 01/08/12 05:17 PM Re: Depicting something as dangerous [Re: BranShea]
tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Registered: 04/03/00 Posts: 10538 Loc: this too shall pass	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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#204122 - 01/08/12 08:12 PM Re: Depicting something as dangerous [Re: BranShea]
Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11613 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky	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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#204124 - 01/09/12 04:42 AM Re: Depicting something as dangerous [Re: BranShea]
Tromboniator old hand Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 954 Loc: Alaska	"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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#204125 - 01/09/12 05:35 AM Re: Depicting something as dangerous [Re: Tromboniator]
BranShea Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/06 Posts: 5295 Loc: Netherlands, the Hague	Yes, I was thinking in that direction, T r o m
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