peril
noun /ˈperəl/
/ˈperəl/
(formal or literary)Idioms - [uncountable] serious danger
- in peril The country's economy is now in grave peril.
- The heroine finds herself in mortal peril.
- She seemed blissfully unaware of the peril she was in.
- They warned that his life was in imminent peril.
- peril of doing something We face the immediate peril of being bought out by another company.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deadly
- dire
- grave
- …
- be in
- put something in
- peril of
- at your peril
- [countable, usually plural] peril (of something) the fact of something being dangerous or harmful
- She gave a warning about the perils of drug abuse.
Extra ExamplesTopics Dangerc2- a campaign illustrating the perils of drug abuse
- the great perils facing the environment
- the perils posed by global warming
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- immediate
- potential
- …
- face
- pose
- highlight
- …
- face something
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin peric(u)lum ‘danger’, from the base of experiri ‘to try’.
Idioms
do something at your (own) peril
- used to warn somebody that if they do something, it may be dangerous or cause them problems
- Teachers ignore the importance of these results at their peril.
- Ignore these warnings at your peril.