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perilous

[ per-uh-luhs ]

adjective

  1. involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous:

    a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.

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perilous

/ ˈɛɪə /

adjective

  1. very hazardous or dangerous

    a perilous journey

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Derived Forms

  • ˈdzܲԱ, noun
  • ˈdzܲ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ··dzܲ· adverb
  • ··dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ԴDz···dzܲ adjective
  • ܲ···dzܲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of perilous1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Anglo-French perillous, from Latin īܱōܲ; peril, -ous
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"This is a very perilous time in America for liberty," Thomas Bassford, told the Associated Press, while in Boston with his partner, daughter and two grandsons.

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After a perilous few minutes, the helicopter lifted the rescuer and the hiker to the top of the plateau.

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Given all the things happening in this very tumultuous and perilous time, how are you feeling?

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If the first season of ‘The Last of Us’ was about navigating the horrors of a country ravaged by cordyceps, Season 2 looks more closely at the perilous landscape of the heart.

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It is very difficult and very expensive to get blast furnaces running again once they have been turned off, which would make the Scunthorpe site's existing vulnerability even more perilous.

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