parlous

Speech parts

1. parlous - Adjective

2. parlous - Adverb

3. parlous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough.

Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

precarious perilous touch-and-go chancy critical serious severe bad dangerous grave uncertain unstable terrible threatening hazardous
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Antonyms

white good auxiliary secure safe happy
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Phrases with the word

parlous straits

Anagrams

Solapur

Examples

dangerous waters Source: Internet

a parlous journey on stormy seas Source: Internet

a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat Source: Internet

the precarious life of an undersea diver Source: Internet

dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery Source: Internet

Because Nigeria's railways are in a parlous condition, the government is trying to rectify the situation by privatizing the Nigerian Railway Corporation. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

parlourish parlourless parlourmaid parlous straits parlously parlousness