peril
noun
[ ˈpɛrɪl ]
• serious and immediate danger.
• "you could well place us both in peril"
Similar:
danger,
jeopardy,
risk,
riskiness,
hazard,
insecurity,
uncertainty,
menace,
threat,
perilousness,
pitfall,
problem,
peril
verb
• expose to danger; threaten.
• "Jonathon perilled his life for love of David"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, from Latin peric(u)lum ‘danger’, from the base of experiri ‘to try’.
