Vocabulary
Peril
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
serious and immediate danger.
Urdu meaning
خطرناک، خطرہ، ڈر
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Or if you do, it is at your peril and cost.
- The people of GB deserve more than sympathy after the fact; they deserve a government that takes their peril seriously.
- It has been a season of peril, from the mountains to the plains.
- In Ghizer, even as the army was called in for helicopter rescues, villagers had already completed the task themselves, proving how communities are forced into self-reliance in moments of peril.
- ON Pakistan`s 78th independence anniversary, we have to ask ourselves a sobering question why is the country that was born on the wings of hope, between promise and peril, and seemingly prospered for decades, in its current dismal state?
Synonyms
danger, jeopardy, risk, riskiness, hazard, insecurity, uncertainty,
Antonyms
safety, security
Curator example
“you could well place us both in peril”
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