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Showing words for PARLOUS using the English dictionary
7 Letter Words for Parlous
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Definitions for Parlous
[1] perilous; dangerous.
[2] Obsolete . clever; shrewd.
[3] to a large extent; greatly.
[4] dangerous or difficult
[5] cunning
[6] extremely
Words related to Parlous
adventurous, alarming, breakneck, chancy, hazardous, impending, impregnable, jeopardous, malignant, menacing, perilous, portentous, precarious, pressing, queasy, risky, serpentine, speculative, terrible, threatening
Words nearby Parlous
parlor house, parlor palm, parlormaid, parlour, parlour game, parlous, parlyaree, parm, parma, parma ham, parma heights
Origin of Parlous
1350–1400; Middle English, variant of perlous, syncopated variant of perilous
Other words from Parlous
par·lous·ly , adverb
par·lous·ness , noun
Word origin for Parlous
C14 perlous, variant of perilous
Synonyms for Parlous
adventurous, alarming, bad, breakneck, chancy, critical, dangersome, deadly, delicate, dynamite, exposed, fatal, formidable, hairy, hazardous, heavy, hot, impending, impregnable, insecure, jeopardous, loaded, malignant, menacing, mortal, nasty, on collision course, perilous, portentous, precarious, pressing, queasy, risky, serious, serpentine, shaky, speculative, terrible, thorny, threatening, ticklish, touch-and-go, touchy, treacherous, ugly, unhealthy, unsafe, unstable, urgent, venturesome, venturous, viperous, vulnerable, wicked