Dictionary Definition
peril
Noun
1 a source of danger; a possibility of incurring
loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" [syn:
hazard, jeopardy, risk]
2 a state of danger involving risk [syn: riskiness]
3 a venture undertaken without regard to possible
loss or injury; "he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime";
"there was a danger he would do the wrong thing" [syn: risk, danger]
Verb
1 pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The
pollution is endangering the crops" [syn: endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil]
2 put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or
difficult position [syn: queer, expose, scupper, endanger]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɛɹəl/, /"pEr@l/
- Rhymes: -ɛrəl
Noun
- A situation of serious and immediate danger.
- Something that causes or holds danger
- The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)
Translations
a situation of serious danger
- Japanese: 危険(きけん, kiken)
- Polish: niebezpieczeństwo
- Russian: опасность, риск
something that causes danger
- Japanese: 冒険(ぼうけん, bōken)
- Polish: zagrożenie
- Russian: опасность, угроза
Extensive Definition
Peril may refer to:
- Peril (band), an Australian electronic music group
- USS Peril (AM-272), an Admirable-class minesweeper
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
breakers ahead, cardhouse, cause for alarm,
compromise, crisis, danger, dangerous ground,
desultoriness,
emergency, encounter
danger, endanger,
endangerment,
expose, exposure, gamble, gamble with, gaping
chasm, gathering clouds, hazard, house of cards, imperil, imperilment, incur danger,
infirmity, insecurity, insolidity, instability, insubstantiality,
jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, lay open, liability, menace, openness, pass, perilousness, pinch, plight, precariousness, predicament, put in danger,
put in jeopardy, quicksand, risk, riskiness, rocks ahead,
shakiness, shiftiness, shiftingness, slipperiness, speculativeness, storm
clouds, strait, subjection, susceptibility, thin ice,
threat, ticklishness, treacherousness,
treachery, unauthenticity, unauthoritativeness,
uncertainty,
undependability,
unfaithworthiness,
unreliability,
unsolidity, unsoundness, unsteadfastness,
unsteadiness,
unsubstantiality,
unsureness, untrustworthiness,
vulnerability