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Moral achievement, perilous danger, and individual action, rather than the specific details of an expedition's instructions or successes, were thrust to centre stage. From the Cambridge English Corpus. It was an intellectually courageous but often perilous balancing act. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
Learn the meaning, synonyms, and examples of the adjective perilous, which means full of or involving peril. See the word history, etymology, and usage of perilous in sentences from various sources.
Something that is perilous is very dangerous. [literary] ...a perilous journey across the war-zone. The road grew even steeper and more perilous. ...perilous cliffs. Synonyms: dangerous, threatening, exposed, vulnerable More Synonyms of perilous.
Coral reefs face a suite of perilous threats in today's ocean. From Phys.Org. I'd even favor eliminating the mortgage-interest deduction (though perhaps not at this precise moment, given the perilous state of the housing market). From Slate Magazine.
Adj. 1. perilous - 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". parlous, touch-and-go, precarious.
Definition of perilous adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
perilous translate: sangat berbahaya. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Malay Dictionary.
