parlous (s)
perilous (s)
precarious (s)
touch-and-go (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def fraught with danger
examples 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
Outgoing links
Similar to dangerous, unsafe
Derivationally related form precarious → precariousness
Derivationally related form perilous → peril; perilous → peril; perilous → perilousness
Derivationally related form perilous → peril
Incoming links
Similar to dangerous, unsafe
Derived from adjective perilously → perilous
Derived from adjective precariously → precarious
Derivationally related form peril → perilous; perilousness → perilous; peril → perilous
Derivationally related form precariousness → precarious
Derivationally related form peril → perilous

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