Peril

Noun

 * 1) A situation of serious and immediate danger.
 * 2) Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
 * The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)

Synonyms

 * danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, threat
 * See also Thesaurus:danger

Derived terms

 * yellow peril

Verb

 * 1)  To cause to be in danger; to imperil.

Adjectives for Peril
approaching; utmost; manifold; sundry (pi); imminent; extreme; extraordinary; real; vague; instant; personal; probable; attendant; vegetable; serious; formidable; growing; imaginary; nimble; incredible; besetting; innumerable (pi); unavoidable; deadly; slight; weird; ever-recurring; encompassing; great; unexpected.

Verbs for Peril
anticipate—; brave—; chance—; dare—; defy—; encounter—; expose to—; face—; hazard—; incur—; rescue from—; risk—; steel against—; survive—; terrify by—; venture—; warn of—; —endangers; —jeopardizes; —menaces; —oppresses; —threatens.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
peril:, from periculum:.

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 危險, 危险
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: vaara
 * French:, risque
 * German: Gefahr, Risiko


 * Hungarian: veszély, veszedelem
 * Italian: periglio, pericolo
 * Japanese: 危険
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: perigo
 * Russian:, , угроза
 * Spanish: peligro, riesgo


 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 冒險, 冒险
 * Czech: ohrožení,
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: vaara
 * French: risque


 * German: Risiko
 * Hungarian: veszély
 * Japanese: 冒険
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: risco, perigo
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: riesgo, peligro


 * : péril
 * : Risiko,
 * : סכנה (sakana)
 * : pericolo


 * : baoghal, cunnart , gàbhadh
 * : fara, risk

Anagrams

 * piler
 * plier
 * prile

Noun

 * 1) ; hazard; danger

Etymology
From periculum:.

Descendants

 * English:

Noun

 * 1) ; hazard; danger

Etymology
From periculum:.

Descendants

 * English:
 * French: