perilous

perilous
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, provisional, risky, serious, shaky, shifting, shifty, slippery, susceptible, temporary, tentative, threatening, ticklish, tottery, touchy, treacherous, ugly, uncertain, undependable, unfaithworthy, unhealthy, unreliable, unsafe, unsolid, unsound, unstable, unsteadfast, unsteady, unsubstantial, unsure, untrustworthy, vulnerable, wicked

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  • Perilous — Per il*ous, a. [OF. perillous, perilleus, F. p[ e]rilleux, L. periculosus. See {Peril}.] [Written also {perillous}.] 1. Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking. [1913 Webster] Infamous hills,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • perilous — index dangerous, disastrous, insalubrious, insecure, noxious, ominous, peccant (unhealthy), portentous …   Law dictionary

  • perilous — (adj.) late 13c., from O.Fr. perillous (Fr. périlleux) dangerous, hazardous, from L. periculosus, from periculum dangerous (see PERIL (Cf. peril)). Related: Perilously; perilousness …   Etymology dictionary

  • perilous — *dangerous, hazardous, risky, precarious Analogous words: desperate, forlorn, hopeless (see DESPONDENT): chancy, chance, haphazard, *random …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • perilous — [adj] dangerous chancy, delicate, dicey*, dynamite, exposed, hairy*, hazardous, insecure, loaded*, on thin ice*, playing with fire*, precarious, risky, rugged, Russian roulette*, shaky, threatening, ticklish, touch and go*, touchy, treacherous,… …   New thesaurus

  • perilous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ full of danger or risk. DERIVATIVES perilously adverb perilousness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • perilous — [per′ə ləs] adj. [OFr perilleus < L periculosus] involving peril or risk; dangerous perilously adv. perilousness n …   English World dictionary

  • perilous — [[t]pe̱rɪləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is perilous is very dangerous. [LITERARY] ...a perilous journey across the war zone... The road grew even steeper and more perilous. ...perilous cliffs. Syn: dangerous Derived words: perilously ADV… …   English dictionary

  • perilous — adjective Date: 14th century full of or involving peril < a perilous journey > Synonyms: see dangerous • perilously adverb • perilousness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • perilous — perilously, adv. perilousness, n. /per euh leuhs/, adj. involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat. [1250 1300; ME < AF perillous < L periculosus. See PERIL, OUS] Syn.… …   Universalium

  • perilous — adj. Perilous is used with these nouns: ↑adventure, ↑journey, ↑situation …   Collocations dictionary

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