Synonyms for periling
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : per-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛr əl |
Top 10 synonyms for periling Other synonyms for the word periling
- adventure
- alarm
- bad-eye
- be careless
- be caught short
- beard
- blight
- brave
- browbeat
- bully
- chance
- chance it
- chill
- compromise
- confront
- cop out
- dare
- defy danger
- discredit
- dishonor
- encounter
- explode
- expose
- expose to danger
- face
- gamble
- go out of one's depth
- hang by a thread
- hazard
- impend
- implicate
- jeopard
- 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
- meet
- menace
- overhang
- peril
- play into one's hands
- play with fire
- plunge
- portend
- 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
- 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
Définition of periling
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 is not impossible, however, that in taking this step I may be periling my own safety.
- Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. IX.--February, 1851.--Vol. II. » by Various
- God knows, in periling your safety, and exposing you to the common chances of war, I make a sacrifice that few could estimate.
- Extract from : « The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran, And His Man Mark Antony O'Toole » by W. H. Maxwell
- This was the girl whom to see, perhaps in his arms, she was now periling her liberty and her life unknown to him!
- Extract from : « In the Carquinez Woods » by Bret Harte
- Their generous hostess, periling her own life for them, daily supplied them with food.
- Extract from : « Madame Roland, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott
- For now it came to me that while I would be saving life, mayhap I had been periling it again.
- Extract from : « The Master of Appleby » by Francis Lynde
Antonyms for periling
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