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perilous |
Grep of noun perilous perilousness siege perilous Overview of adj perilous The adj perilous has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go -- (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") Antonyms of adj perilous 1 sense of perilous Sense 1 parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go INDIRECT (VIA dangerous) -> safe Similarity of adj perilous 1 sense of perilous Sense 1 parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go => dangerous (vs. safe), unsafe Attributes of adj perilous Familiarity of adj perilous perilous used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj perilous perilous Overview of adj perilous The adj perilous has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (4) parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go -- (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")
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