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perilous

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per·il·ous  (pr-ls)
adj.
Full of or involving peril; dangerous.
peril·ous·ly adv.
peril·ous·ness n.
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Adj.1.perilousperilous - 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)
Translations
Spanish perilous [ˈpɛrɪləs] adj → peligroso
French perilous [ˈpɛrɪləs] adj → périlleux/euse
German perilous [ˈpɛrɪləs] peril adj → gefährlich
Italian perilous [ˈpɛrɪləs] adj → pericoloso/a
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"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.
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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.
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A perilous solitude, for it lasted long enough to enervate, not long enough to fortify me.
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