Origin: Latin
suffix -ous
Perilous has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
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"
2
Dangerous, full of peril.
Example Sentences
"dangerous waters"
adjective
"a parlous journey on stormy seas"
adjective
"a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"
adjective
"the precarious life of an undersea diver"
adjective
"dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"
adjective
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