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Meaning of 'perilous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Perilous [ a.]
- Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking.
- Daring; reckless; dangerous.

Meaning of 'perilous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . perilous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- fraught with danger
Example in sentence:
  • a parlous journey on stormy seas;
  • a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat;
  • dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery;
  • dangerous waters;
  • the precarious life of an undersea diver

Nearby Words:

per per- peract peracute peradventure peraeopod peragrate peragration perambulate perambulated

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