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1. precarious
adjective. ['priːˈkɛriːəs'] affording no ease or reassurance.
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Etymology
- precarius (Latin)
- precor (Latin)
Rhymes with Precarious
- stradivarius
- tavoulareas
- gregarious
- vicarious
- nefarious
- hilarious
- aquarius
- various
- marius
How do you pronounce precarious?
Pronounce precarious as priˈkɛriəs.
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Sentences with precarious
1. Adjective
The need to borrow money places the potential debtor is a precarious spot.
Quotes about precarious
1. You can never really know someone completely. That’s why it’s the most terrifying thing in the world, really—taking someone on faith, hoping they’ll take you on faith too. It’s such a precarious balance, It’s a wonder we do it at all. And yet..
- Libba Bray
2. The word I think of is precarious. I am struck by how precarious it all is. How the things that hold us are only as strong as the faith we have in them.
- David Levithan, The Realm of Possibility
3. Isn't it sad how some people's grip on their lives is so precarious that they'll embrace any preposterous delusion rather than face an occasional bleak truth?
- Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
2. precarious
adjective. ['priːˈkɛriːəs'] fraught with danger.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- precarius (Latin)
- precor (Latin)
3. precarious
adjective. ['priːˈkɛriːəs'] not secure; beset with difficulties.
Antonyms
Etymology
- precarius (Latin)
- precor (Latin)