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Meaning & Definition of Perilous in English

English

Perilous

/pɛrələs/

adjective

1. Fraught with danger

  • "Dangerous waters"
  • "A parlous journey on stormy seas"
  • "A perilous voyage across the atlantic in a small boat"
  • "The precarious life of an undersea diver"
  • "Dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"
synonym:
  • parlous,
  • perilous,
  • precarious,
  • touch-and-go

Examples of using

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.