Antonyms for periled
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : per-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛr əl |
Definition of periled
Origin :- c.1200, from Old French peril "danger, risk" (10c.), from Latin periculum "an attempt, trial, experiment; risk, danger," with instrumentive suffix -culum and element also found in experiri "to try," cognate with Greek peria "trial, attempt, experience," empeiros "experienced," Old Irish aire "vigilance," Gothic ferja "watcher," Old English fær "danger, fear" (see fear (n.)).
- As in jeopardize : verb endanger
- As in menace : verb bother, frighten
- As in risk : verb take a chance
- As in compromise : verb put in jeopardy
- As in endanger : verb put in jeopardy
- As in expose : verb subject to danger
- As in imperil : verb cause to be in danger
- It would have periled his safety had she attempted to share his asylum.
- Extract from : « Madame Roland, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
- Sometimes it seemed to her that every thought was a prayer for that periled soul.
- Extract from : « Interrupted » by Pansy
- I have periled my life to assist thee—not by mine own will, by Heaven!
- Extract from : « Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) » by Jonathon Holt Ingraham
- I have periled my life for him, and would do the same again.'
- Extract from : « Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson » by John McElroy
- Whitman periled every thing and lost his life to save the country.
- Extract from : « A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 » by William Henry Gray
- And the poor slaves, for whom he periled so much, into what depths of hopelessness and woe are they again plunged!
- Extract from : « The Underground Railroad » by William Still
- I was truly sorry to hear of the fate of that poor fellow who had periled so much for liberty.
- Extract from : « The Underground Railroad » by William Still
- More than that, she felt she had periled her life in that moment of folly, and that this man—this hero—had saved her.
- Extract from : « Tales of Trail and Town » by Bret Harte
- Senor Perkins is a liberator, a patriot, who has periled himself and his country to treat us magnanimously.
- Extract from : « The Crusade of the Excelsior » by Bret Harte
- On that word believe that Madame de Selinville is as spotless a matron as when she periled herself to save my life.
- Extract from : « The Chaplet of Pearls » by Charlotte M. Yonge
Synonyms for periled
- adventure
- alarm
- bad-eye
- be careless
- be caught short
- beard
- blight
- brave
- browbeat
- bully
- chance
- chance it
- chill
- compromise
- confront
- cop out
- dare
- defy
- defy danger
- discredit
- dishonor
- embarrass
- encounter
- endanger
- explode
- expose
- expose to danger
- face
- gamble
- give in
- go out of one's depth
- hang by a thread
- hazard
- impend
- imperil
- implicate
- intimidate
- jeopard
- jeopardize
- jeopardy
- lay on the line
- lay open
- lean on
- leap before looking
- leave defenseless
- leave in the middle
- leave open
- leave to luck
- loom
- lower
- make liable
- make vulnerable
- mar
- meet
- menace
- overhang
- peril
- play into one's hands
- play with fire
- plunge
- portend
- prejudice
- push around
- put at risk
- put heat on
- put in danger
- put in harm's way
- put in jeopardy
- put on the spot
- put under suspicion
- risk
- ruin
- run the chance
- run the risk
- scare
- scare hell out of
- sell out
- skate on thin ice
- speculate
- spoil
- spook
- stake
- stick one's neck out
- subject to
- subject to loss
- tackle
- take a flyer
- take a header
- take a plunge
- take on
- take the liberty
- tempt fate
- terrorize
- threaten
- torment
- venture
- wager
- weaken
- whip around
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