peril
peril is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Adventure hard With peril great achieved. Milton. At, or On, one's peril, with risk or danger to one; at the hazard of. "On thy soul's peril." Shak. See Danger.
- 2.To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's life.
- 3.To be in danger. [Obs.] Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abuse
- abusive
- ban
- bark
- behind
- big
- bluster
- book
- brain
- briefly
- bully
- clinch
- commination
- comminatory
- curse
- defiance
- defiant
- defy
- denunciation
- die
- double
- est
- fist
- fulminate
- fulmination
- gathering
- gnarl
- growl
- heart
- hold
- intimidate
- intimidation
- keep
- leave
- live
- look
- memoria
- memoriter
- memory
- menace
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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