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1. (adj.) perilous
involving grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous:
a perilous sea voyage.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME < AF perillous < L perīculōsus. See peril , -ous)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go
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"
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1. (adj) perilous
full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking
2. (adj) perilous
daring; reckless; dangerous
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Sense: very dangerous
a perilous journey.
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 Afrikaans: gevaarlik |
 Arabic: خَطِر |
 Bulgarian: опасен |
 Brazilian: perigoso |
 Czech: nebezpečný |
 German: gefährlich |
 Danish: farlig; farefuld |
 Greek: επικίνδυνος |
 Spanish: peligroso |
 Estonian: (elu)ohtlik |
 Farsi: خطرناک |
 Finnish: vaarallinen |
 French: périlleux |
 Hebrew: מְסוּכַּן |
 Hindi: खतरनाक, संकटपूर्ण |
 Croatian: pogibeljan, opasan |
 Hungarian: veszélyes |
 Indonesian: berbahaya |
 Icelandic: hættulegur |
 Italian: pericoloso, rischioso |
 Japanese: 危険な |
 Korean: 위험한 |
 Lithuanian: pavojingas, rizikingas |
 Latvian: bīstams; riskants |
 Malay: sangat berbahaya |
 Dutch: gevaarlijk |
 Norwegian: farefull, vågal |
 Polish: niebezpieczny |
 Persian: خطرناک |
 Pashto: ډاروونكى، ويروونكى |
 Portuguese: perigoso |
 Romanian: periculos |
 Russian: опасный |
 Slovak: nebezpečný |
 Slovenian: nevaren |
 Serbian: opasan |
 Swedish: farlig, vådlig |
 Thai: เต็มไปด้วยอันตราย |
 Turkish: çok tehlikeli |
 Taiwanese: 危險的 |
 Ukrainian: небезпечний, ризикований |
 Urdu: خطرناک |
 Vietnamese: hiểm hoạ |
 Chinese: 危险的 |
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