perilous
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7.5
- adjective
- /ˈpɛrɪləs/
:
peligroso
- Plus, the mines can be perilous.
- a perilous journey
- a perilous situation
- a perilous position
But the consequences can be a perilous polarization.
- But the consequences can be a perilous polarization.
- We are living in perilous and polarized times.
- That's why audience capture is perilous in like a million different ways.
- If you have, it can feel like perilous territory.
- It it's just, it is too perilous right now.
- gangs to embody hope and recovery, turning your once perilous path into life lines for others.
- And then the next sunspot cycle will be much more perilous.
- Now Nora and Patch must gather their strength to face one last perilous trial.
- That means, though, that it suffers from these two deficits that make it perilous.
- They lived in a very perilous time between the two world wars, and there were a lot of trends in culture which were going that way.
Examples
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Most refugee journeys are long and perilous, with limited access to shelter, water or food.
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Dr. Lee, our doctor, said they both were in a perilous condition.
Fiction book (1993) -
It's perilous to live alone.
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Of course, such encounters are never easy and, in fact, are often perilous.
Academic text (2015) -
Believe me when I say you are embarking on your most challenging and perilous adventure yet.
Fiction book (1992) -
The realm of Faery could be perilous, and its people fierce.
Fiction book (2002) -
We denounce his candidacy and believe it to be perilous for our country.
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They lived in a very perilous time between the two world wars, and there were a lot of trends in culture which were going that way.
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Many climbers underestimate the perilous conditions on high-altitude mountains.
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Crossing the busy highway at night can be extremely perilous for pedestrians.
Synonyms
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1.5
Likely to cause harm or injury
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3.6
Likely to cause loss, harm, or danger
98
5.2
Likely to cause harm or danger
93
1.1
Likely to cause harm to people or damage to things
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7.6
In a dangerous, unstable position likely to fall or fail
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7.1
Unstable ground, water, or weather that can suddenly become dangerous
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8.5
Likely to be risky or dangerous because the outcome is uncertain
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7.2
A situation that is dangerous or uncertain until the last moment
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9.9
Full of danger or likely to cause harm
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
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9.9
A seat at the Round Table for the knight meant to find the Holy Grail, deadly to others
How Dangerous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word perilous comes from the same root as peril and the old Latin word periculum, which means 'danger'. So perilous simply means 'full of danger' or very risky.