Synonyms of imperiling

imperiling 1 of 2

adjective

variants or imperilling

as in hazardous

Related Words

• hazardous
• dangerous
• damaging
• perilous
• detrimental
• jeopardizing
• risky
• threatening
• harmful
• unsafe
• destructive
• injurious
• deleterious
• pernicious
• fatal
• troublesome
• ruinous
• malignant
• lethal
• poisonous
• unhealthy
• parlous
• noxious
• hurtful
• ill
• murderous
• offensive
• wounding
• defamatory
• evil
• baneful
• scathing
• slanderous
• inhospitable
• baleful
• antagonistic
• adverse
• hostile
• unfavorable
• uncongenial
• inimical
• calumnious
• negative
• uncooperative
• prejudicial
• detractive
• disadvantageous
• intolerant
• opposing
• bad
• conflicting
• counter
• unfriendly
• resisting
• resistant
• antipathetic
• competing
• untoward
• unsympathetic
• counteracting
• countering

Dissimilar Words

• favorable
• positive
• beneficial
• advantageous
• sympathetic
• supportive
• good
• useful
• friendly
• propitious
• helpful
• innocent
• harmless
• innocuous
• well-disposed
• inoffensive
• nondestructive
• nonthreatening
• nonfatal
• understanding
• tolerant
• benign
• congenial
• complying
• nonlethal
• agreeable
• hospitable
• unresistant
• amiable
• friendly
• cordial
• amicable
• affable
• benignant

imperiling

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verb

variants or imperilling

present participle of imperil

as in endangering

to place in danger

a single mistake could imperil the lives of everyone involved in the military operation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• endangering
• threatening
• risking
• jeopardizing
• compromising
• gambling (with)
• venturing
• hazarding
• menacing
• periling
• jeoparding
• intimidating
• subjecting
• adventuring
• exposing
• wagering
• chancing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• guarding
• shielding
• preserving
• saving
• sheltering
• resuming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of imperiling

Verb

The latest truce agreement was reached after the two sides traded deadly fire on Friday, imperiling negotiations to reach a final peace deal between the United States and Iran. — Caitlin Danaher, CNN Money, 20 June 2026

Her husband, who works in a factory painting industrial trucks, would be penalized for such a move, imperiling future raises. — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 16 June 2026

Renewable energy groups suing the Pentagon claim a freeze in national security reviews for wind farms on private land has halted new projects, imperiling $47 billion in investments and 120,000 jobs across 21 states. — Jennifer McDermott, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026

For the frosted flatwoods salamander, a threatened species, the change was more severe—seawater was pushed into their freshwater breeding habitats, imperiling their survival. — Jeff Vandermeer, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026

The result of all this has been a public-relations nightmare for CBS News, the sort of misadventure that in a different time would have prompted speculation Weiss was on the way out for imperiling the future of one journalism’s most storied franchises. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 3 June 2026

The demise of American budget carrier Spirit Airlines reflects how the jet fuel crisis stemming from the Iran war is imperiling the global travel industry, analysts said. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 3 May 2026

Trump’s desire to bundle the bills and amendments together also risks imperiling the appropriations legislation. — Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 23 Mar. 2026

Originally introduced from the African continent for erosion control and as livestock forage, now this species is imperiling Arizona’s beloved saguaro cactuses, palo verde and summer wildflowers, transforming swaths of the Sonoran Desert into a grassland monoculture. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026