meaning of perilous
1. Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking.
2. Daring; reckless; dangerous.
3. 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
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perilous | perilously | perilousness |