Synset:parlous precarious touch-and-go
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
Antonyms:safe
Derivationally Related Form:precariousnessperilperilousness
Inherited Hypernyms:parlous
Similar to:dangerous unsafe