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perils

NOUN

danger, risk

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hazard insecurity jeopardy menace pitfall uncertainty vulnerability

STRONG

endangerment exposure liability openness

WEAK

cause for alarm double trouble risky business

Antonyms

STRONGEST

certainty protection safety

WEAK

safeness security

Example Sentences

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Watch the cautionary tale about the perils of the transfer portal turn into a fairy-tale comeback.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Even couples who make it well into a marriage contend with all the perils born from romance gone stale, including the functional discord clumsily realized in the sight-gag metaphor of “The Miniature Wife.”

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026

Timing the erratic cocoa market made amassing those stockpiles expensive, demonstrating the perils of building a business around a livewire commodity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

About those issues you have with spending money: The perils of buying furniture online are not exclusive to people who are difficult to please through no fault of their own.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026

And I recall that even then I had not yet begun to imagine the perils that tangle us.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates