Synonyms for parlous
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : pahr-luh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɑr ləs |
Top 10 synonyms for parlous Other synonyms for the word parlous
- exposed
- fatal
- formidable
- hairy
- hazardous
- heavy
- hot
- impending
- impregnable
- insecure
- jeopardous
- loaded
- malignant
- menacing
- mortal
- nasty
- on collision course
- perilous
- portentous
- precarious
- pressing
- queasy
- risky
- serious
- serpentine
- shaky
- speculative
- terrible
- thorny
- threatening
- ticklish
- touch-and-go
- touchy
- treacherous
- ugly
- unhealthy
- unsafe
- unstable
- urgent
- venturesome
- venturous
- viperous
- vulnerable
- wicked
Définition of parlous
Origin :- late 14c., late Middle English contraction of perilous.
- adj dangerous
- You might find yourself in a parlous condition, Master Helstrop.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Yet reflect upon the parlous condition in which she found herself.
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- Ruth wrung her hands in her dismay, confronted by a parlous choice.
- Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
- Five or six years ago its affairs were in so parlous a state that 19s.
- Extract from : « The World in Chains » by John Mavrogordato
- Fate had given Mayo and his associate an ideal crew for that parlous job.
- Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day
- At this present moment a friend, a New Zealander, is in parlous plight.
- Extract from : « A Yeoman's Letters » by P. T. Ross
- Know you not, Sir Knight, that these be parlous days for making of new monopolies?
- Extract from : « The Panchronicon » by Harold Steele Mackaye
- Six horses could not move it, and Guard F. Feecham was in parlous plight.
- Extract from : « The King's Post » by R. C. Tombs
- Now we all know that it is a parlous affair to fall in love in middle age.
- Extract from : « The Romance of His Life » by Mary Cholmondeley
- It was plain paddling with the stream, but parlous slow, and hot and cramped.
- Extract from : « A Civil Servant in Burma » by Herbert Thirkel White
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