ADJECTIVE | all | precarious, unstable | affording no ease or reassurance |
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all | precarious, parlous, perilous, touch-and-go | fraught with danger | |
all | precarious, shaky | not secure |
Sounds | priykeh'riyahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | affording no ease or reassurance. | |
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Example | "a precarious truce" | |
Synonym | unstable | |
Broader | uneasy | lacking a sense of security or affording no ease / ease or reassurance |
Spanish | inseguro, precario | |
Nouns | precariousness | being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance |
Meaning | fraught with danger. | |
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Example | "the precarious life of an undersea diver" | |
Synonyms | parlous, perilous, touch-and-go | |
Broader | dangerous, unsafe | Involving or causing danger or risk |
Spanish | arriesgado, peligroso, temerario | |
Catalan | arriscat, perillós, temerari | |
Nouns | precariousness | extreme / extreme dangerousness |
Adverbs | precariously | in a precarious manner |
Meaning | not secure; beset with difficulties. | |
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Synonym | shaky | |
Broader | insecure, unsafe | lacking in security / security / security or safety |
Spanish | precario | |
Nouns | precariousness | being unsettled or in doubt or dependent on chance |
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