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PERILOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does perilousness mean?
• PERILOUSNESS (noun)
The noun PERILOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the state of being dangerous
Familiarity information: PERILOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being dangerous
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
hazardousness; perilousness
Hypernyms ("perilousness" is a kind of...):
danger (the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury)
Derivation:
perilous (fraught with danger)
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