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parlous
Synonyms and Antonyms of parlous
involving potential loss or injury window washing can indeed be a parlous occupation on a skyscraper Synonyms of parlous grave, grievous, hazardous, jeopardizing, menacing, dangerous, perilous, risky, serious, threatening, unhealthy, unsafe, venturesomeWords Related to parlous dicey, insecure, precarious, treacherous, uncertain; ultrahazardous; chance, haphazard, random; distressing, sickening, unpleasant; ugly, wicked; adverse, bad, baleful, baneful, deleterious, detrimental, evil, harmful, hurtful, ill, inimical, injurious, malignant, nasty, noxious, pernicious, pestilent; deadly, deathly, destructive, dire, fatal, fateful, fell, killer, lethal, mortal, murderousNear Antonyms of parlous advantageous, beneficial, good; ultrasafeAntonyms of parlous harmless, innocent, innocuous, nonhazardous, nonthreatening, safe, unthreatening
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