peril

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a source of danger;
a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune (Freq. 1)
- drinking alcohol is a health hazard
• Syn:
hazard, jeopardy, risk, endangerment
• Derivationally related forms:
risky (for: risk), risk (for: risk), perilous, jeopardize (for: jeopardy), jeopardise (for: jeopardy), hazardous (for: hazard), hazard (for: hazard)
• Hypernyms:
danger
• Hyponyms:
health hazard, moral hazard, occupational hazard, sword of Damocles
2. a state of danger involving risk
• Syn:
riskiness
• Derivationally related forms:
perilous, risky (for: riskiness)
• Hypernyms:
danger
• Hyponyms:
speculativeness
3. a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
- he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime
- there was a danger he would do the wrong thing
• Syn:
risk, danger
• Derivationally related forms:
perilous, risky (for: risk), risk (for: risk)
• Hypernyms:
venture
• Hyponyms:
chance, crapshoot, gamble

II - verb

1. pose a threat to;
present a danger to
- The pollution is endangering the crops
• Syn:
endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil
• Derivationally related forms:
menace (for: menace), jeopardy (for: jeopardise), jeopardy (for: jeopardize)
• Hypernyms:
exist, be
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE (for: threaten)
- Sam cannot peril Sue
2. put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
• Syn:
queer, expose, scupper, endanger
• Derivationally related forms:
exposure (for: expose)
• Hypernyms:
affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
• Hyponyms:
compromise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  risk, danger, riskiness, hazard, jeopardy, endangerment, queer, expose, scupper, endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil