perilous

/'periləs/

Thân thiện

The hiker navigated a perilous mountain trail.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Fraught with danger; involving serious risk: Describes a situation, activity, or condition that is extremely dangerous and could lead to harm, loss, or failure.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The mountain pass was perilous in the winter.
  • They embarked on a perilous journey across the desert.
  • The climber found himself in a perilous position on the cliff face.

Advanced Usage

• "Perilous state/condition": A highly dangerous or precarious situation.
  • The economy was in a perilous state after the crisis.
• "Perilously close": Dangerously near to something undesirable.
  • The car came perilously close to the edge of the ravine.

Variants and Related Words

• Peril (n): Serious and immediate danger.
  • The city was in great peril during the flood.
• Perilously (adv): In a way that is full of danger or risk.
  • The bridge was perilously weak.

Synonyms

• Dangerous: Able or likely to cause harm or injury.
• Hazardous: Involving risk, especially to health or safety.
• Precarious: Not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse.
• Risky: Full of the possibility of danger, failure, or loss.

Antonyms

• Safe: Protected from or not exposed to danger or risk.
• Secure: Fixed or fastened so as not to give way, become loose, or be lost.
• Harmless: Not able or likely to cause harm.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "On perilous ground": In a risky or dangerous situation, often involving potential criticism or conflict.
  • The politician was on perilous ground with his controversial statements.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. 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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• parlous
• precarious
• touch-and-go