parlous

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

adjective

fraught with danger
- dangerous waters
- a parlous journey on stormy seas
- a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat
- the precarious life of an undersea diver
- dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery
• Syn:
perilous, precarious, touch-and-go
• Similar to:
dangerous, unsafe
• Derivationally related forms:
precariousness (for: precarious), peril (for: perilous), perilousness (for: perilous)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  perilous, precarious, touch-and-go