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- pronunciation:
- pe
rih
l
 s
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous.
For three days, the ship tossed on perilous seas.- synonyms:
- dangerous, hazardous, risky, treacherous
- antonyms:
- safe
- similar words:
- chancy, menacing, minatory, ominous, precarious, serious, threatening
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| related words: |
critical, grave, insecure, serious |
adverb + (adj.)perilous
extremely, increasingly, less, most, particularly, politically, potentially
(adj.)perilous
+ adverb
somehow
(adj.)perilous
+ noun
adventure,
ascent,
battle,
circumstance,
condition,
crossing,
descent,
desert,
enterprise,
expedition,
fight,
future,
journalist,
journey,
landing,
mission,
moment,
mountain,
passage,
path,
peace,
position,
prescription,
quest,
ride,
route,
sea,
situation,
slope,
speed,
staircase,
strait,
task,
territory,
traffic,
trek,
trip,
undertaking,
voyage
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| derivations: |
perilously (adv.), perilousness (n.) |
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