in peril
Facing imminent threat
In peril means in danger or at serious risk of harm: The flood put thousands of lives in peril.
The phrase sounds more formal or literary than "in danger," often appearing in dramatic contexts: Her career was in peril, The ship's crew found themselves in peril.
To put something in peril is to endanger it; to be in peril of something is to risk experiencing it: in peril of losing everything.
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- threatenedExpressed intent to harm
- jeopardyRisk of harm
- dangerExposure to harm
- at riskSubject to danger
risk · vulnerable · precarious · on thin ice · unsafe · hazard · in deep water · rescue · distress · damsel in distress · brink · on the brink · edge · drowning · trapped · desperate · dire · critical
- survival statesalive, dead, dying, injured, safe
- vulnerabilityvulnerability, vulnerable, defenselessness, defenseless, helplessness
in perilsafe
Free from peril
secure · out of danger · protected · safe and sound · out of harm's way
in perilassured
Certain or self-possessed
on solid ground · stable · in the clear · guaranteed · home free
peril, perils, perilous, perilously, imperil, imperils, imperiled, imperiling, imperilled