peril
Plural: perils
Noun
- a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
- a state of danger involving risk
- a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
- A situation of serious and immediate danger.
- Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
- An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
Verb
Verb Forms: periled, periling, perils
- To put into danger; to imperil or risk harm.
- pose a threat to; present a danger to
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk.
Examples
- He knew to PERIL his lead by only playing short, low-scoring words.
- the perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc.)
- Your life is in peril.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English peril, from Old French peril, from Latin perīculum. Doublet of periculum.
Synonyms
danger, endanger, endangerment, expose, hazard, imperil, jeopardise, jeopardize, jeopardy, menace, queer, risk, riskiness, scupper, threaten, threat
Scrabble Score: 7
peril: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordperil: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
peril: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary