Associations to the word «Perilous»
Noun
- Overland
- Glade
- Precaution
- Foam
- Mariner
- Burg
- Thirteen
- Knight
- Hannibal
- Shipwreck
- Reef
- Volt
- Ledge
- Solitude
- Climb
- Realm
- Boyhood
- Israelites
- Gallantry
- Whirl
- Senor
- Scruple
- Rescue
- Ravine
- Fascination
- Alp
- Retreat
- Circumstance
- Trip
- Plunging
- Frontier
- Devotion
- Vast
- Stuff
- Burglar
- Hardship
- Position
- Vigilance
- Suffering
- Bravery
- Wilderness
- Shudder
- Escape
- Almighty
- Argonaut
- Navigation
- Multitude
- Perch
- Unknown
Adjective
Adverb
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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.