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Synonyms for perils

Grammar : Noun
Spell : per-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛr əl

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Définition of perils

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.)).
  • noun danger, risk
Example sentences :
  • The night is dark, and there is no knowing what troubles and perils we may meet with.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • He wants to have it both ways, to have the splendours of success without the perils.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • The perils I have already incurred may well convince you of this.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • It was now that I began to know the perils attendant on a dramatic life.
  • Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
  • He had cried "Peace," but the perils of protest were so many and so near.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • Six perils may go past, but the seventh is sure to strike its mark.
  • Extract from : « The Balladists » by John Geddie
  • All this coast is beset with perils and wrecks have been frequent.
  • Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
  • Down into the valley they tore, for the worst of all perils was in pursuit.
  • Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Secondly, as regards the future, see from what perils I shall rescue him.
  • Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
  • Had he actually gone off, leaving us all to the perils that were surrounding us?
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever

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