parlous
2 synonyms and 1 antonym for parlous, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Full of danger or risk.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Antonyms
Etymology
This word comes from Middle English parles, parlous, perlous, and other forms, a contraction of perilous ("dangerous; dreadful, terrible; morally corrupt, sinful, wicked; inauspicious, unlucky") — making it a doublet of perilous — from Old French perilleus, perillos, perillous, perilluse, perilleuse, perilleux ("very d...
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