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Showing words for PERIL using the English dictionary

5 Letter Words for Peril

peril, piler, plier

4 Letter Words for Peril

epil, irpe, leir, lerp, lier, lipe, lire, peri, pier, pile, pirl, plie, prie, repl, riel, rile, ripe

3 Letter Words for Peril

eir, eli, epi, ile, ipl, ipr, ire, lei, lep, ler, lie, lip, lir, pel, per, pie, pil, pir, pli, pre, rei, rel, rep, rie, rip, rle

Definitions for Peril

[1] exposure to injury, loss, or destruction; grave risk; jeopardy; danger: They faced the peril of falling rocks.
[2] something that causes or may cause injury, loss, or destruction.
[3] to expose to danger; imperil; risk.
[4] exposure to risk or harm; danger or jeopardy

Words related to Peril

uncertainty, insecurity, jeopardy, vulnerability, hazard, menace, pitfall, endangerment, liability, openness, exposure

Words nearby Peril

perigyny, perihelion, perihepatitis, perijejunitis, perikaryon, peril, peril point, perilabyrinthitis, perilaryngitis, perilla, perilla oil

Origin of Peril

1175–1225; Middle English < Old French < Latin perīculum trial, test, danger, equivalent to perī-, verb base meaning “try” (found in the compound experīrī; see experience) + -culum -cle2

Other words from Peril

per·il·less , adjective
mul·ti·per·il , adjective, noun

Word origin for Peril

C13: via Old French from Latin perīculum

Synonyms for Peril

hazard, insecurity, jeopardy, menace, pitfall, uncertainty, vulnerability, endangerment, exposure, liability, openness, cause for alarm, double trouble, risky business