Dictionary Entry
peril
peril is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Danger; risk; hazard; jeopardy; exposure of person or property to injury, loss, or destruction.
- 2transitive verb
To expose to danger; to hazard; to risk; as, to peril one's life.
- 3intransitive verb
To be in danger.
- 4noun
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"
- 5noun
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
"drinking alcohol is a health hazard"
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- 6noun
a state of danger involving risk
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- 7verb
put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
- 8verb
pose a threat to; present a danger to
"The pollution is endangering the crops"
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