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What is another word for
parlous
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Full of danger or risk
In a dire state
Generally causing distress, anguish or anxiety
In urgent need of immediate attention
Likely to injure or damage
Without hope of having a positive result
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Adjective
▲
Full of danger or risk
dangerous
risky
hazardous
perilous
unsafe
chancy
dicey
dodgy
precarious
uncertain
grave
grievous
hairy
insecure
jeopardising
UK
jeopardizing
US
menacing
serious
speculative
threatening
treacherous
unhealthy
venturesome
deadly
delicate
jeopardous
adventurous
dangersome
fatal
thorny
venturous
viperous
touch-and-go
fraught with danger
high-risk
gnarly
unsound
tricky
shaky
iffy
unpredictable
unstable
touchy
sticky
vulnerable
exposed
problematic
critical
alarming
rocky
ugly
ticklish
unsure
difficult
on thin ice
unreliable
life-threatening
unsteady
extreme
reckless
playing with fire
erratic
death-defying
dubious
breakneck
dynamite
hot
unchancy
slippery
Russian roulette
terrible
bad
nasty
hanging by a thread
daredevil
desperate
wicked
terrifying
explosive
loaded
severe
problematical
in danger
doubtful
dire
unsettled
in jeopardy
at risk
awful
shonky
worrying
harmful
destructive
malignant
undependable
defenceless
UK
heavy
volatile
tottery
compromisable
defenseless
US
capricious
urgent
daring
awkward
tragic
wobbly
horrible
dreadful
unpleasant
sickening
upsetting
grim
unsettling
sobering
out on a limb
painful
brutal
ghastly
exigent
dark
excessive
scary
taxing
lethal
haphazard
sensitive
fluctuant
forbidding
unknown
tight
unclear
endangered
foolhardy
incalculable
cliffhanging
pressing
mortal
in the balance
formidable
queasy
on collision course
on a slippery slope
built on sand
hanging in the balance
wide-open
long shot
on slippery ground
tense
unprotected
toxic
unsecured
threatened
injurious
acute
untrustworthy
fearsome
rickety
volcanic
frightful
turbulent
eruptive
catastrophic
open to attack
on a limb
sore
inflammatory
not secure
not stable
weighty
significant
full of upheavals
potentially violent
in turmoil
knife-edge
rugged
highly charged
nerve-racking
very bad
tough
bleak
arduous
troublesome
prickly
trying
onerous
challenging
irksome
bothersome
knotty
rough
distressing
punishing
bitter
inflammable
vexatious
disagreeable
worrisome
concerning
unfriendly
disturbing
suspect
questionable
spartan
hostile
ominous
exciting
thrilling
controversial
vague
up in the air
hanging by thread
charged
overwrought
not safe
strained
anxious
combustible
stressful
harsh
intense
disastrous
considerable
consequential
major
peracute
exacting
hard
big
fierce
intensive
strenuous
grinding
toilsome
more ❯
“Harry goes on a
parlous
mission into the depths of the Chamber itself to get the better of the animal and its maestro.”
Adjective
▲
In a dire state
dire
appalling
critical
terrible
alarming
bad
awful
desperate
dreadful
grave
poor
sorry
woeful
wretched
dicey
frightful
hairy
lamentable
pitiful
ugly
chronic
dodgy
hopeless
lousy
nasty
unstable
horrifying
horrible
frightening
shocking
terrifying
ghastly
scary
horrendous
grim
forbidding
fearsome
fearful
horrid
intimidating
formidable
direful
redoubtable
dread
unspeakable
spine-chilling
hair-raising
unfortunate
miserable
gloomy
ominous
serious
outrageous
godawful
cruel
terrific
abysmal
bodeful
oppressing
petrifying
daunting
gruesome
hideous
grisly
harrowing
macabre
unnerving
lurid
revolting
traumatic
disgusting
grievous
hellacious
repulsive
beastly
from hell
deplorable
atrocious
dismal
extreme
afflictive
fierce
irretrievable
sickening
nauseating
foul
abominable
loathsome
distasteful
nauseous
distressing
vile
disturbing
disquieting
horrific
upsetting
monstrous
perturbing
depressing
unsettling
repellent
offensive
odious
abhorrent
gross
repugnant
obnoxious
repellant
unpleasant
worrying
objectionable
startling
scandalous
troubling
disconcerting
obscene
noisome
rancid
fulsome
noxious
evil
detestable
disheartening
irksome
discomforting
disagreeable
troublesome
unpalatable
displeasing
discouraging
unsightly
discomposing
gut-wrenching
agitating
nightmarish
dismaying
foreboding
demoralizing
US
bothersome
discommoding
grotesque
vexing
disgraceful
onerous
demoralising
UK
hateful
sombre
UK
solemn
somber
US
stupefying
stinking
sad
diabolical
severe
heartstopping
icky
sober
grotty
stunning
astonishing
grewsome
amazing
bewildering
overwhelming
staggering
nightmare
unbearable
sedate
yucky
grody
surprising
glaring
heinous
wicked
tremendous
rubbish
vulgar
disgustful
festy
loathly
raunchy
yucko
grungy
gnarly
godforsaken
very unpleasant
sick-making
God-awful
worrisome
rotten
agonizing
US
torturous
stressful
humourless
UK
execrable
crummy
uncomfortable
doleful
bitter
irritating
annoying
unsavory
US
mortifying
harsh
humorless
US
difficult
distressful
desolate
dangerous
troublous
unsatisfactory
unendurable
fraught
vexatious
unacceptable
unwelcome
tormenting
heartbreaking
regrettable
undesirable
tragical
pathetic
unappealing
uncool
awkward
yukky
afflicting
unhappy
tragic
saddening
uninviting
affecting
sour
mean
earnest
forlorn
urgent
destructive
agonising
UK
anguished
unsavoury
UK
excruciating
hurtful
sorrowful
heartrending
painful
uncongenial
unlovely
unpleasing
galling
hostile
concerning
sobering
far-reaching
nerve-racking
off-putting
nail-biting
extremely bad
nerve-wracking
heart-rending
heart-breaking
weighty
deadly
ill-fated
fatal
unamusing
ruinous
strenuous
devastating
acute
ill-starred
more ❯
“And how do you sap the energy of the insurgency when the
parlous
state of the economy keeps everyone desperately poor?”
Adjective
▲
Generally causing distress, anguish or anxiety
unkind
grim
distressing
disconcerting
disheartening
unpleasant
troubling
disappointing
discouraging
dispiriting
unfortunate
upsetting
dismaying
dreadful
sad
bitter
depressing
difficult
displeasing
disturbing
horrific
regrettable
dismal
worrying
tragic
alarming
austere
awful
ghastly
melancholic
shocking
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
unhappy
unlucky
unnerving
unwelcome
dire
distressful
irksome
painful
bleak
cheerless
daunting
depressive
foreboding
frustrating
glum
grievous
hopeless
horrible
macabre
perturbing
somber
US
sombre
UK
woeful
troublesome
appalling
disagreeable
distasteful
dreary
gloomy
inauspicious
melancholy
sinister
unpropitious
harrowing
agonising
UK
agonizing
US
heartbreaking
bad
distressed
heavy
traumatic
vexing
cruel
abhorrent
aggravating
excruciating
galling
unamusing
uncongenial
unpalatable
unpleasing
discomforting
lamentable
nasty
taxing
trying
stressful
afflicting
heartrending
hellish
hurtful
loathsome
tormenting
torturous
off-putting
heart-rending
tough
hostile
harsh
hard
oppressive
adverse
severe
dour
inhospitable
ominous
terrible
perilous
grave
injurious
miserable
morbid
objectionable
nightmarish
treacherous
morose
troubled
forbidding
threatening
direful
negative
shadowy
straitened
pressing
mournful
strained
unfriendly
discommodious
precarious
comfortless
exacting
ill-omened
tortured
harmful
ill-fated
desolate
hard-pressed
exigent
messy
undesirable
jeopardous
solemn
doleful
apocalyptic
dangerous
lurid
rocky
chilling
full of hardship
doubtful
joyless
very bad
mephitical
perplexing
testing
irritable
irritating
annoying
frightening
sullen
repellant
repellent
bewildering
repugnant
revulsive
poignant
dark
gray
US
black
ill-boding
grey
UK
rough
brutal
rugged
onerous
burdensome
stiff
inhuman
wretched
horrendous
horrifying
weighty
searing
murderous
hardhanded
backbreaking
hefty
foul
poor
execrable
horrid
rotten
rough going
fraught
abominable
unsettling
hellacious
atrocious
excessive
punishing
draconian
strict
rigorous
ruthless
drastic
savage
punitive
merciless
extreme
inclement
intense
unrelenting
wild
serious
unyielding
tyrannical
inordinate
intemperate
intolerable
heavy-handed
crippling
swingeing
stringent
unreasonable
authoritarian
outrageous
crushing
stormy
tempestuous
unforgiving
iron-handed
iron-fisted
unbending
uncomfortable
violent
inflexible
ferocious
sharp
tumultuous
menacing
forceful
immoderate
fierce
relentless
squally
blustery
raging
choppy
turbulent
agitated
biting
firm
acute
pitiless
critical
filthy
uncompromising
stern
doomy
unbearable
strong
extortionate
intimidatory
glowering
towering
vexatious
disquieting
significant
bodeful
unsavoury
UK
yukky
yucky
unsavory
US
brooding
unmerciful
grinding
peracute
ugly
arduous
loury
great
whopping
iniquitous
sky-high
penal
spartan
tortuous
domineering
blustering
thundery
gusty
vicious
stormful
howling
substantial
desperate
Draconian
radical
fell
barbarous
rainy
wet
windy
torturesome
tedious
rigid
minacious
punitory
abusive
storm-wracked
raw
cyclonic
vile
disastrous
life-threatening
considerable
consequential
major
dirty
heaving
unlovely
sour
wicked
lousy
hazardous
sobering
big
intensive
strenuous
toilsome
remorseless
icky
mortifying
sore
frightful
offensive
calamitous
hard-hearted
gut-wrenching
provoking
afflictive
grotty
beastly
pressured
demanding
gruelling
UK
tiring
storm-tossed
detestable
overwhelming
a stinker of a
a bummer of a
from hell
grueling
US
overpowering
undue
devastating
overweening
exorbitant
unconscionable
steep
unfeeling
callous
unfair
unjust
abrasive
hardheaded
intractable
overdue
insane
plethoric
baroque
overextravagant
extravagant
inexorable
overmuch
headstrong
devilish
damaging
baleful
wounding
unendurable
insensitive
heartless
inconsiderate
unsympathetic
robust
mortal
portentous
ill
curt
rowdy
hard to bear
unpromising
evil
baneful
pessimistic
wintry
US
thunderous
lowering
lowery
wintery
UK
more ❯
Adjective
▲
In urgent need of immediate attention
acute
critical
urgent
serious
dire
pressing
grave
imperative
exigent
crucial
burning
compelling
desperate
severe
vital
drastic
clamant
perilous
crying
terrible
emergent
importunate
imperious
awful
precarious
necessitous
important
instant
dreadful
profound
alarming
essential
egregious
bad
decisive
afflictive
hazardous
life-threatening
all-important
life-and-death
dangerous
risky
extreme
very bad
sore
appalling
frightful
peracute
great
weighty
intense
very great
distressing
woeful
grievous
worrying
calamitous
consequential
catastrophic
ruinous
uncertain
deplorable
intolerable
lamentable
hopeless
poor
lousy
sorry
outrageous
chancy
dicey
hairy
iffy
irretrievable
irredeemable
chronic
dodgy
in the balance
touch-and-go
necessary
paramount
heavy
fundamental
integral
emergency
significant
immediate
impelling
leading
required
primary
key
capital
driving
indispensable
principal
foremost
momentous
demanded
chief
pre-eminent
called-for
top-priority
high priority
time-critical
of the utmost importance
of the essence
life and death
must-have
of great consequence
high-priority
pivotal
requisite
needed
mandatory
central
needful
vitally important
major
cardinal
prerequisite
compulsory
obligatory
called for
climacteric
overriding
prime
big
meaningful
basic
far-reaching
earth-shattering
considerable
top
portentous
premier
predominant
supreme
deciding
dominant
priority
prioritized
US
prioritised
UK
arch
main
preeminent
very important
substantive
intrinsic
core
all important
life-or-death
clamorous
historic
fateful
nontrivial
nonnegligible
unneglectable
high
first
greatest
highest
determining
now or never
focal
constitutive
radical
master
nitty-gritty
grand
determinative
ruling
meat-and-potatoes
binding
primal
bottom-line
world-shaking
quintessential
much needed
outstanding
time-dependent
time-sensitive
immoderate
crisis
solemn
exacting
clamoring
US
extraordinary
clamouring
UK
invaluable
crash
basal
strategic
best
rush
demanding attention
pertinent
vehement
fierce
furious
prevalent
relevant
unignorable
unforgettable
active
controversial
fatal
current
topical
head
uppermost
vicious
contemporary
mission-critical
business-critical
real
lively
underlined
influential
live
overruling
high-level
maximum
big thing
of interest
climactic
apocalyptic
name-of-the-game
very grave
coal-and-ice
elevated
epoch-making
earth-shaking
special
commanding
appropriate
inherent
rudimentary
innate
prominent
particular
expedient
wanted
desired
preferred
proper
de rigueur
incumbent on
name of game
specified
elementary
recommended
forced
prevailing
overbearing
prior
sovereign
elemental
salient
life-saving
peremptory
nonelective
staple
controlling
overmastering
world-shattering
life or death
involuntary
star
sovran
stellar
No. 1
number one
numero uno
of vital importance
extremely important
of great moment
material
substantial
unavoidable
eventful
monumental
inescapable
much
earthshaking
incumbent
tectonic
heavyweight
of moment
of great import
no joke
of great importance
no laughing matter
of significance
no-nonsense
of consequence
big deal
most important
most prominent
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Likely to injure or damage
harmful
damaging
dangerous
detrimental
hurtful
pernicious
baleful
baneful
deleterious
injurious
noxious
destructive
unhealthy
evil
hazardous
unwholesome
risky
toxic
unsafe
bad
deadly
dicey
maleficent
nocent
perilous
precarious
threatening
wounding
adverse
crippling
disadvantageous
inimical
lethal
negative
nocuous
painful
poisonous
unfavourable
UK
calamitous
cancerous
cataclysmic
catastrophic
corrupting
counterproductive
dire
disastrous
fatal
ill
incendiary
malefic
malevolent
malicious
malign
malignant
mischievous
murderous
prejudicial
prejudicious
ruinous
sinister
subversive
undesirable
unfavorable
US
unfortunate
annihilative
corrosive
critical
devastating
eradicative
extirpative
harassing
insalubrious
internecine
lethiferous
menacing
noisome
pestiferous
pestilential
sinful
slaughterous
suicidal
undermining
venomous
virulent
wicked
wrackful
wreckful
corroding
environmentally unfriendly
unpropitious
untoward
inopportune
inexpedient
corruptive
grievous
grave
jeopardizing
US
unsound
serious
troubling
jeopardous
thorny
life-threatening
jeopardising
UK
severe
hostile
unfriendly
unsympathetic
troublesome
unhelpful
abusive
contrary
antagonistic
spiteful
unconducive
nasty
distressing
inauspicious
unlucky
counter
invalidating
vicious
bitter
vindictive
harsh
cruel
vitriolic
inconvenient
insidious
untimely
pestilent
unprofitable
discouraging
mortal
acrimonious
unbeneficial
ruining
destroying
disobliging
obstructive
unkind
vexatious
disparaging
derogatory
discrediting
cantankerous
rancorous
afflictive
mean
evil-intentioned
offensive
caustic
abrasive
catty
hard
unhappy
disturbing
sorrowful
inimicable
inimic
miasmatic
miasmic
nefarious
ominous
foul
vile
killing
nullifying
annulling
counteractive
neutralizing
US
woeful
iniquitous
reprobate
vengeful
belligerent
intimidatory
imperilling
UK
imperiling
US
defamatory
hate-filled
bellicose
artful
neutralising
UK
antipathetic
bothersome
objectionable
aggressive
contentious
truculent
pugnacious
uncomplimentary
ill-natured
resentful
hateful
cross
ill-timed
ill-disposed
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Without hope of having a positive result
hopeless
impossible
forlorn
futile
useless
impracticable
pointless
vain
unworkable
bootless
unpromising
beyond hope
no-win
not having a prayer
with no chance of success
failed
unsuccessful
unavailing
nugatory
unachievable
unattainable
purposeless
luckless
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