- Types Of Speech
- You can use perilous as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Perilous
- A 3 syllables adjective satellite and 8 letters with the letters e, i, l, o, p, r, s, and u, 4 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters il. Perilous starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, pe, per, peri, peril, and the ending characters are s, us, ous, lous, ilous, ..
- Definition
- 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"
- Origin/Roots
- Old French
- School Grade
- Perilous is set as a sat word that starts with p, ends with s, 3 syllables, 4 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Perilous in Pig Latin is said as "erilouspay or erilouspway".
- Unigram
- p | e | r | i | l | o | u | s
- Bigram
- pe | er | ri | il | lo | ou | us
- Trigram
- per | eri | ril | ilo | lou | ous
- Quadrigram
- peri | eril | rilo | ilou | lous
- Word Gram
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alarming | causing alarm or fear |
| Awkward | not at ease socially unsure and constrained in manner "awkward and reserved at parties" "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn''t know" "was always uneasy with strangers" |
| Bad | that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency "take the bad with the good" |
| Badness | an attribute of mischievous children |
| Baleful | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments "a baleful look" "forbidding thunderclouds" "his tone became menacing" "ominous rumblings of discontent" "sinister storm clouds" "a sinister smile" "his threatening behavior" "ugly black clo |
| Bedraggled | limp and soiled as if dragged in the mud "the beggar''s bedraggled clothes" "scarecrows in battered hats or draggled skirts" |
| Broken Down | |
| Chancy | subject to accident or chance or change "a chancy appeal at best" "getting that job was definitely fluky" "a fluky wind" "an iffy proposition" |
| Critical | marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws "a critical attitude" |
| Dangerous | causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm "a dangerous operation" "a grave situation" "a grave illness" "grievous bodily harm" "a serious wound" "a serious turn of events" "a severe case of pneumonia" "a life-threatening disease" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Perilous
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Perilous | 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" |
View English words with the unique letters used in perilous. Words With The Letters Eiloprsu
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dangerous | causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness"; "grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening disease" |
| Unsafe | involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions" |
Perilous Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With P
- Ends With S
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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