Perilous

English

Adjective

Perilous (comparative more Perilous, superlative most Perilous)

1. Dangerous, full of peril.

Related terms

• peril

Adverbs for Perilous

notoriously; notably; undeniably; obviously; terribly; ghastly; miserably; peculiarly; infernally; undisguisedly; unutterably; mortally; bitterly; dreadfully; extremely; inordinately; ominously; mercilessly; prodigiously.

Thesaurus

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

Etymology

Old French perilleus, from the noun peril.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈper.ɪ.ləs/, SAMPA: /"per.I.l@s/

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Translations

Dangerous, full of peril

Catalan: perillós (ca) Danish: farlig (da) Dutch: gevaarlijk (nl) Finnish: vaarallinen (fi), hengenvaarallinen (fi) French: périlleux (fr) German: gefährlich (de), gefahrvoll (de)

Italian: pericoloso (it) Latin: periculosus (la) Polish: niebezpieczny (pl) m. Portuguese: periculoso (pt), arriscado (pt) m., perigoso (pt) m. Spanish: peligroso (es) m.