Definition of peril

"peril" in the noun sense

1. hazard, jeopardy, peril, risk, endangerment

a source of danger a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

"drinking alcohol is a health hazard"

2. riskiness, peril

a state of danger involving risk

3. risk, peril, danger

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"

"peril" in the verb sense

1. endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril

pose a threat to present a danger to

"The pollution is endangering the crops"

2. queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril

put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

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Quotations for peril

Glory is the fair child of peril. [ Smollett ]

All is not lost that is in peril. [ Proverb ]

Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye
Than twenty of their swords. [ William Shakespeare ]

What is none of your profit need be none of your peril. [ Proverb ]

Death is easier to bear without thinking of it, than the thought of death without peril. [ Pascal ]

Nature and Heaven command you, at your peril, to discern worth from unworth in everything, and most of all in man. [ John Ruskin ]

No man is either worthy of a good home here or a heaven hereafter that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause. [ Capt. John Brown ]

The symptoms of compassion and benevolence in some people are like those minute-guns which warn you that you are in deadly peril. [ Mme. Swetchine ]

That elevation of mind which we see in moments of peril, if it is uncontrolled by justice, and strives only for its own advantage, becomes a crime. [ Cicero ]

The curse and peril of language in our day, and particularly in this country, is that it is at the mercy of men who, instead of being content to use it well according to their honest ignorance, use it ill according to their affected knowledge. [ Richard Grant White ]

Love in modern times has been the tailor's best friend. Every suitor of the nineteenth century spends more than his spare cash on personal adornment. A faultless fit, a glistening hat, tight gloves, and tighter boots proclaim the imminent peril of his position. [ G. A. Sala ]

peril in Scrabble®

The word peril is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters peril:

PERIL
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PLIER
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PILER
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word peril

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In peril

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peril in Words With Friends™

The word peril is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters peril:

PERIL
(51)
PLIER
(51)
PILER
(51)
 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In peril

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Words containing the sequence peril

Words that end with peril (2 words)

Word Growth involving peril

Shorter words in peril

pe per

Longer words containing peril

imperil imperiled

imperil imperiling

imperil imperilled

imperil imperilling

imperil imperilment

imperil imperils

periled imperiled

periling imperiling

perilled imperilled

perilling imperilling

perilous perilously

perils imperils

perilymphatic