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What is the adjective for perilous?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb peril which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

perilsome
  1. Characterised or marked by peril; perilous
perilous
  1. Dangerous, full of peril.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dangerous, hazardous, risky, unsafe, precarious, parlous, serious, grave, chancy, threatening, dicey, uncertain, hairy, insecure, treacherous, grievous, unsound, critical, menacing, delicate, unstable, vulnerable, problematic, difficult, shaky, jeopardising, jeopardizing, unhealthy, exposed, gnarly, venturesome, desperate, touchy, ticklish, unsure, unsteady, extreme, terrifying, dynamite, wicked, loaded, rugged, touch-and-go, fraught with danger, in danger, in jeopardy, at risk, on thin ice, death-defying, playing with fire … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “An overnight frost made the ground underfoot extremely slippery and made for a perilous descent.”
      “As the day grew longer and faded into night, the party continued on their perilous journey, marching through the mist filled forests.”
      “After a while, the trio finally got underway and started their perilous journey.”
perillous
  1. Archaic form of perilous.
perilless
  1. Free from peril.
periled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of peril
  2. Synonyms:
      3. endangered, jeopardised, jeopardized, imperilled, imperiled, risked, hazarded, menaced, compromised, adventured, ventured, jeoparded, gambled with, put at risk, put in jeopardy, put in danger, exposed, exposed to danger, put on the line, threatened, chanced, gambled, harmed, injured, damaged, bet, posed a threat to, left vulnerable, laid open, staked, prejudiced, jeopardied, wagered, made vulnerable, speculated, betted, laid on the line, done harm to, did harm to, put under suspicion, made liable, left defenseless, put in jeopardy of, played with fire, put in harm's way, laid bare, put at risk of, subjected, weakened, undermined … more
periling
  1. present participle of peril
  2. Synonyms:
      3. endangering, jeopardising, jeopardizing, imperilling, imperiling, risking, hazarding, menacing, compromising, adventuring, venturing, jeoparding, gambling with, putting at risk, exposing, putting in jeopardy, exposing to danger, threatening, putting in danger, chancing, gambling, harming, injuring, damaging, posing a threat to, leaving vulnerable, laying open, doing harm to, putting on the line, staking, prejudicing, jeopardying, wagering, making vulnerable, speculating, betting, laying on the line, playing with fire, making liable, driving a nail into the coffin of, laying bare, leaving defenseless, undermining, weakening, implicating, subjecting to loss, daring, selling out, placing in danger, putting under suspicion … more
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