Definition for Parlous:

• pär'lus, adj. perilous, venturesome, notable.-- adv. PAR'LOUSLY. [ Perilous.]

Synonyms for Parlous:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • parlous.
  •dangerous (adjective)
  • mortal,
  • formidable,
  • serious,
  • queasy,
  • exposed,
  • deadly,
  • loaded,
  • unsafe,
  • ugly,
  • pressing,
  • heavy,
  • malignant,
  • delicate,
  • on collision course,
  • terrible,
  • serpentine,
  • impregnable,
  • Viperous,
  • alarming,
  • critical,
  • hot,
  • dangersome,
  • portentous,
  • insecure,
  • unhealthy,
  • unstable,
  • breakneck,
  • speculative,
  • fatal,
  • thorny,
  • vulnerable,
  • threatening,
  • impending,
  • touchy,
  • menacing,
  • ticklish,
  • bad,
  • wicked,
  • urgent,
  • dynamite,
  • shaky,
  • nasty.
  •hazardous (adjective)
  • un sound,
  • un-soundest,
  • un sounder,
  • un-sounder,
  • un-sound.
  •touch-and-go (adjective)
  • un predictable,
  • touch and go,
  • un-predictable.

• adv.

  •extremely (adverb)
  • extremely,
  • terribly,
  • to nth degree,
  • extraordinarily.
  •highly (adverb)
  • very much,
  • highly,
  • mucho.

• adv

  •extremely (adverb)
  • inordinately,
  • nth degree,
  • exorbitantly,
  • immoderately,
  • prohibitively,
  • strikingly,
  • terrifically,
  • surpassingly,
  • hugely,
  • immensely,
  • vitally,
  • drastically.
  •highly (adverb)
  • supremely,
  • so much,
  • but good.

• n.

  •
  • damaging,
  • ruinous,
  • disastrous,
  • injurious,
  • harmful.
  •
  • adventurous,
  • venturesome,
  • hairy,
  • treacherous,
  • safety.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Jeopardous.
  •
  • risky,
  • chancy,
  • venturous.

Paraphrases for Parlous:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    precarious.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    perilous, lamentable, deplorable, regrettable, pitiful, dismal, pathetic.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    unfortunate.

Antonyms for Parlous:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    beneficial, good, safe, harmless, advantageous, nonhazardous, innocuous, unthreatening, innocent.

Parlous Sentence Examples:

• Answer as I ask, - under thy breath; those drawers are parlous spies!