Vocabulary
Perilous
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
full of danger or risk.
Urdu meaning
خطرناک، خوفناک
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- In this perilous moment, news media`s duty, its daily delivery and indeed its existence itself, feel more important and consequential than ever before.
- Perilous environments cannot be met with lassitude anymore.
- This politics of confrontation is extremely perilous for the country facing multiple external and internal security challenges and with its economy still not out of danger.
- The conflict, while perilous, proved to be an inadvertent diplomatic windfall for Pakistan.
- The situation in the Middle East is even more perilous.
Synonyms
dangerous, hazardous, fraught with danger, risky, treacherous; unsafe, precarious,
Curator example
“a perilous journey south”
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