seeming dangerous; risky-looking; unsteady; clumsy-looking
Describes something that looks or feels dangerous, risky, or unstable. Often used for actions, situations, or people that appear precarious or unreliable.
His driving always looks dangerous.
That ladder looked unsteady, and I was scared to climb it.
Standard spelling using the adjective stem 危な plus the suffix げ.
Alternate spelling using 気 for the げ suffix; less common than 危なげ.
Formed from the stem of the adjective 危ない (abunai, 'dangerous') plus the suffix げ (ge), which indicates appearance or seeming. The exact historical derivation is straightforward.