Synonyms of imperiling

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adjective

variants or imperilling

as in hazardous

Synonyms & Similar 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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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