PERILOUSNESS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being dangerous

Synonyms:

hazardousness; perilousness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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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