pĕr'əl
A thing that may cause injury, pain, etc.
The possibility of suffering harm or loss; danger.
Risk or danger:
Full of or involving peril; dangerous or risky.
A financial speculation or business venture.
An indication of impending danger or harm:
The act of putting someone into danger, or the condition of being in danger
To expose to loss or injury; imperil.
To threaten (an evil to be inflicted).
Threaten is defined as to pose a danger to someone or something, or to make someone believe you pose a danger by making statements indicating an intent to harm them.
To put (oneself) into an unfavorable position
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To reveal the guilt or wrongdoing of:
(Chiefly British) To overwhelm or massacre.
To expose to danger, harm, or loss; imperil
To expose to peril.
riskiness
The characteristic of being risky.
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(Law) A defendant's risk or danger of conviction when put on trial.
Designed or tending to disprove or discredit:
icarian
Of, like, or characteristic of Icarus
A whirlpool off the Sicilian coast, opposite the cave of Scylla.
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The state of being subject to danger; vulnerability
(Physics, countable) A state that is not in equilibrium, or in which a small change has a large irreversible effect.
The financial obligations entered in the balance sheet of a business enterprise.
The definition of a pitfall is a danger, downside or a trap that may be concealed or that you may not be aware of.
Personal belongings or household goods.
security (antonym)
Safety; the condition of being protected against harm.
safeness (antonym)
danger, risk
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The act of making visible a body part, especially the genitals or breasts, in public or in a manner that is illegal or inappropriate.
The act of imperiling, or the state of being imperiled.
calamity (related)
wickedness (related)
stupidity (related)
Find another word for peril. In this page you can discover 41 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for peril, like: danger, risk, risky, hazard, perilous, adventure, explosive, crisis, threat, endangerment and jeopardize.
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