Synonyms for parlous
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Precarious — attended with peril; dangerous, risky
precarious, dangerous, perilous, touch-and-go, risky, unsafe, hazardous, dangersome, periculous, jeopardous, treacherous
Definitions
- adj. 1
Attended with peril; dangerous, risky.
The situation became parlous when the weather made resupply impossible.
Example sentences
- precarious Yanni lives a precarious existence in Algiers.
- perilous A secret cove was hidden by perilous-looking rocks.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| parlous | steady | |
| precarious | steady | |
| perilous | rising | |
| dangersome | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- risky2
- 6 letters
- unsafe2
- 8 letters
- perilous3
- 9 letters
- dangerous3, hazardous3
- 10 letters
- precarious4, dangersome, periculous, jeopardous
- 11 letters
- treacherous3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (risky2 = 2 syllables).