'Peril' definitions:
Definition of 'peril'
(from WordNet)
noun
A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune; "drinking alcohol is a health hazard" [syn: hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment]
noun
A state of danger involving risk [syn: riskiness, peril]
noun
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, peril, danger]
verb
Pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops" [syn: endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril]
verb
Definition of 'Peril'
From: GCIDE
- Peril \Per"il\, n. [F. p['e]ril, fr. L. periculum, periclum, akin to peritus experienced, skilled, and E. fare. See Fare, and cf. Experience.] Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction. [1913 Webster]
- In perils of waters, in perils of robbers. --2 Cor. xi. 26. [1913 Webster]
- Adventure hard With peril great achieved. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- At one's peril, or On one's peril, with risk or danger to one; at the hazard of. "On thy soul's peril." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Hazard; risk; jeopardy. See Danger. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Peril'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Peril'
From: GCIDE
- Peril \Per"il\, v. i. To be in danger. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'peril'
From: Moby 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