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perilous
What does perilous mean?
perilous (adjective): fraught with danger.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce perilous?
/ˈpɛɹələs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does perilous come from?
From Middle English perilous, from Old French perilleus, equivalent to peril + -ous, from the noun peril, or from Latin perīculōsus.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of perilous?
Words related to perilous
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “perilous” mean?
disastrous; ruinous
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fraught with danger
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rounded like an egg
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worthy of imitation
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precarious
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regulatory
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artificial
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legitimate
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