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: perilous , precarious , touch-and-go ]

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