'Perilous' definitions:
Definition of 'perilous'
From: WordNet
adjective
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" [syn: parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go]
Definition of 'Perilous'
From: GCIDE
- Perilous \Per"il*ous\, a. [OF. perillous, perilleus, F. p['e]rilleux, L. periculosus. See Peril.] [Written also perillous.]
- 1. Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking. [1913 Webster]
- Infamous hills, and sandy, perilous wilds. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Daring; reckless; dangerous. [Obs.] --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
- For I am perilous with knife in hand. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] -- {Per"il*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Per"il*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'perilous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alarming,
- bad,
- chancy,
- critical,
- dangerous,
- dangersome,
- delicate,
- desultory,
- explosive,
- fraught with danger,
- hairy,
- hazardous,
- infirm,
- insecure,
- insubstantial,
- jeopardous,
- menacing,
- parlous,
- periculous,
- precarious,
- provisional,
- risky,
- serious,
- shaky,
- shifting,
- shifty,
- slippery,
- susceptible,
- temporary,
- tentative,
- threatening,
- ticklish,
- tottery,
- touchy,
- treacherous,
- ugly,
- uncertain,
- undependable,
- unfaithworthy,
- unhealthy,
- unreliable,
- unsafe,
- unsolid,
- unsound,
- unstable,
- unsteadfast,
- unsteady,
- unsubstantial,
- unsure,
- untrustworthy,
- vulnerable,
- wicked