perilousness
State of danger
Perilousness is the quality or state of being perilous—full of danger or risk.
The word emphasizes not just the presence of danger but its severity or intensity.
The perilousness of the mountain crossing kept all but the most experienced climbers away.
It appears most often in formal or literary contexts where hazardousness or riskiness might serve as alternatives.
Risk of harm
- hazardSource of potential harm
- menaceSource of potential harm
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
- precariousDangerously insecure
unsafe · dire · grave · deadly · lethal · fatal · catastrophic · calamitous
State of uncertain stability
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- fragilityEase of breaking
- shakinessState of quivering
brittleness · instability · insecurity · unpredictability · volatility · tenuousness · flimsiness · unreliability
Deliberate violation of trust
- pitfallHidden danger or drawback
- minefieldExplosive-laden territory
- quicksandYielding, engulfing sediment
- abyssImmeasurably profound depth
cliff edge · precipice · chasm · crevasse · slipperiness · ravine · whirlpool · undertow
Source of potential harm
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
- loomingAppearing threateningly close
impending · imminent · warning · alarm · portent · specter · shadow · sword of Damocles
jeopardy
Risk of harm
- hazardSource of potential harm
- menaceSource of potential harm
- treacherousDisloyal and dangerous
precarious · unsafe · dire · grave · deadly · lethal · fatal · catastrophic · calamitous · life-threatening
precariousness
State of uncertain stability
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- fragilityEase of breaking
shakiness · brittleness · instability · insecurity · unpredictability · volatility · tenuousness · flimsiness · unreliability · unsteadiness
treachery
Deliberate violation of trust
- pitfallHidden danger or drawback
- minefieldExplosive-laden territory
- quicksandYielding, engulfing sediment
abyss · cliff edge · precipice · chasm · crevasse · slipperiness · ravine · whirlpool · undertow · rapids
menace
Source of potential harm
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
looming · impending · imminent · warning · alarm · portent · specter · shadow · sword of Damocles · gathering storm
perilousnesssafety
Freedom from harm
safeness · security · harmlessness · innocuousness · shelter
perilousnessstability
Resistance to displacement
secureness · reliability · dependability · steadiness · sureness
peril, hazardous, perilous, imperil, perils, imperiled, imperilment, imperiling