perilousness

  • 31riskiness — rɪskɪnɪs n. dangerousness, perilousness, hazardousness …

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  • 32perilous — [ pɛrɪləs] adjective full of or exposed to danger or risk. Derivatives perilously adverb perilousness noun …

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  • 33insecurity — n. 1. Uncertainty, risk, riskiness. 2. Danger, hazard, peril. 3. Dangerousness, hazardousness, perilousness. 4. Instability, weakness, tottering condition or character …

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  • 34perilous — adjective especially literary very dangerous: a perilous journey across the mountains perilously adjective: perilously close to the precipice perilousness noun (U) …

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  • 35danger — noun 1) an element of danger Syn: peril, hazard, risk, jeopardy; perilousness, riskiness, precariousness, uncertainty, instability, insecurity Ant: safety 2) that car is a danger on the roads …

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  • 36peril — noun a situation fraught with peril Syn: danger, jeopardy, risk, hazard, insecurity, uncertainty, menace, threat, perilousness; pitfall, problem …

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  • 37risk — 1. noun 1) there is a certain amount of risk Syn: chance, uncertainty, unpredictability, precariousness, instability, insecurity, perilousness, riskiness Ant: safety 2) the risk of fire Syn …

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  • 38turbulence — n 1. agitation, perturbation, excitement. See tumult(def. 3). 2. violence, storminess, tempestuousness, uproar, squall; commotion, confusion, chaos, pandemonium, bedlam, rampage, racket; fury, frenzy, rage; cataclysm, convulsion, eruption,… …

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  • 39uncertainty — n 1. doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness, dubiety, skepticism; unsureness, hesitancy, hesitation; caution, wariness, tentativeness; suspicion, suspiciousness, diffidence, misgiving, distrust, mistrust. 2. guess, piece of guesswork; borderline case,… …

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  • 40perilous — /ˈpɛrələs/ (say peruhluhs) adjective full of or attended with peril; hazardous; dangerous. {Middle English, from Anglo French perillous, from Latin perīculōsus} –perilously, adverb –perilousness, noun …