⚠️perilous

Meaning

full of danger or risk

Full of danger or risk; hazardous and threatening.

Example Sentences

They undertook a perilous journey through the mountains.

The explorers took a perilous journey.

Synonyms

dangerous, risky, hazardous, unsafe, treacherous, precarious

Entry 1

dangerous, risky, hazardous, unsafe, treacherous

Entry 2

dangerous, risky, hazardous, unsafe, treacherous, precarious

Antonyms

safe, secure, harmless, protected, stable, certain

Entry 1

safe, secure, harmless

Entry 2

safe, secure, protected, harmless, stable, certain

Collocations

perilous journey, perilous situation, perilous path, perilous condition