perilous

  • 21perilous — Synonyms and related words: alarming, bad, chancy, critical, dangerous, dangersome, delicate, desultory, explosive, fraught with danger, hairy, hazardous, infirm, insecure, insubstantial, jeopardous, menacing, parlous, periculous, precarious,… …

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  • 22perilous — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. precarious, unsafe, uncertain; see dangerous 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. dangerous, hazardous, risky, *putting one in jeopardy, threatening, *playing with fire, *playing Russian roulette, *playing with a hair… …

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  • 23perilous — per·il·ous || perɪlÉ™s adj. dangerous, risky …

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  • 24perilous — [ pɛrɪləs] adjective full of or exposed to danger or risk. Derivatives perilously adverb perilousness noun …

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  • 25perilous — a. Dangerous, hazardous, full of danger, fraught with danger, full of risk …

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  • 26perilous — adj dangerous, fraught with danger, hazardous, chancy, jeopardous, Archaic. parlous, risky, venturesome; treacherous, deceptive, unreliable, untrustworthy, sneaky; threatening, menacing, minatory, minacious; building up, impending, looming,… …

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  • 27perilous — per·il·ous …

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  • 28perilous — [ˈperələs] adj literary very dangerous perilously adv …

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  • 29perilous — /ˈpɛrələs/ (say peruhluhs) adjective full of or attended with peril; hazardous; dangerous. {Middle English, from Anglo French perillous, from Latin perīculōsus} –perilously, adverb –perilousness, noun …

  • 30perilous — adj. 1 full of risk; dangerous; hazardous. 2 exposed to imminent risk of destruction etc. Derivatives: perilously adv. perilousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF perillous f. L periculosus f. periculum: see PERIL …

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