perilous

per·il·ous (p

-l

adj.

Full of or involving peril; dangerous.

peril·ous·ly adv.

peril·ous·ness n.

perilous [ˈpɛrɪləs]

adj

very hazardous or dangerous a perilous journey

perilously adv

perilousness n

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Adj.

perilous - fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"

parlous, touch-and-go, precarious

dangerous, unsafe - involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions"

perilous

adjective dangerous, threatening, exposed, vulnerable, risky, unsure, hazardous, hairy (slang), unsafe, precarious, parlous (archaic), fraught with danger, chancy (informal) a perilous journey across the war-zone

Translations

perilous [ˈperɪləs] ADJ → peligroso, arriesgado
it would be perilous to attempt it → sería peligroso or arriesgado intentarlo

perilous [ˈpɛrələs] adj → périlleux/euse

perilous

adj → gefährlich; situation also → bedrohlich

perilous [ˈpɛrɪləs] adj → pericoloso/a

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A forlorn hope
chancy
critical
dangerous
dangerousness
explosive
hairy
Hatte
hazardous
hazardously
hazardousness
Jeopardous
life-and-death
melodramatic
parlous
paronymy
Perlous
precarious
risky

"My great and good friends," he said to his brother sovereigns, "it will be advantageous to you to learn that some questions are more complex and perilous than others, presenting a greater number of points upon which it is possible to differ.

Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

No service was too humble for him to perform in the aid of the South, no adventure to perilous for him to undertake if consistent with the character of a civilian who was at heart a soldier, and who in good faith and without too much qualification assented to at least a part of the frankly villainous dictum that all is fair in love and war.

An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

A perilous solitude, for it lasted long enough to enervate, not long enough to fortify me.

The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context

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