parlousadjective
uk/ˈpɑː.ləs/us/ˈpɑːr.ləs/formalvery bad, dangerous, or uncertain:
Relations between the two countries have been in a parlous state for some time.
I'd like to buy a new car, but my finances are in such a parlous state that I can't afford to.
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Dangers and threats
- baneful
- black spot
- brinkmanship
- calculated risk
- chance
- darkly
- desperately
- dodgy
- gamble
- hazard
- hazardous
- hazmat
- high-risk
- hostage
- poisoned chalice
- precarious
- pull
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
- risk
- treacherous
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