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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. fraught with danger;
- Example: "dangerous waters"
- Example: "a parlous journey on stormy seas"
- Example: "a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat"
- Example: "the precarious life of an undersea diver"
- Example: "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-and-go recovery"
[syn: parlous, perilous, precarious, touch-and-go]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Parlous \Par"lous\, a. [For perlous, a contr. fr. perilous.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough.
      [Archaic] "A parlous snuffing." --Beau. & Fl.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen. [Obs.] "A parlous
      boy." --Shak. "A parlous wit." --Dryden. -- Par"lous*ly,
      adv. [Obs.] -- Par"lous*ness, n. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

parlous
    adj 1: 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: parlous, perilous,
           precarious, touch-and-go]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "parlous":
   alarming, awkward, bad, chancy, critical, dangerous, dangersome,
   difficult, explosive, fraught with danger, hairy, hazardous, iffy,
   jeopardous, menacing, periculous, perilous, precarious, risky,
   serious, threatening, ticklish, ugly, uncertain