Associations to the word «Perilous»

Wiktionary

PERILOUS, adjective. Dangerous, full of peril.

Dictionary definition

PERILOUS, 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".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke