Definition of Peril

Noun: peril  pe-rul

1. A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
   "drinking alcohol is a health peril";
   - hazard, jeopardy, risk, endangerment
    
2. A state of danger involving risk
   - riskiness
    
3. A venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
   "he saw the rewards but not the perils of crime";
   - risk, danger

Verb: peril (perilled,perilling, or [US] periled,periling)  pe-rul

1. Pose a threat to; present a danger to
   - endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise [Brit], menace, threaten, imperil
    
2. Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
   - queer, expose, scupper, endanger

See also:
perikaryon
periled

Anagrams containing the word peril

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