Synonyms: unstable, precarious
Definition: affording no ease or reassurance
Usage: a precarious truce
Similar words: uneasy
Definition: lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
Usage: farmers were uneasy until rain finally came; uneasy about his health; gave an uneasy laugh; uneasy lies the head that wears the crown; an uneasy coalition government; an uneasy calm; an uneasy silence fell on the group
Synonyms: perilous, parlous, precarious, touch-and-go
Definition: fraught with danger
Usage: 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
Similar words: dangerous, unsafe
Definition: involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm
Usage: a dangerous criminal; a dangerous bridge; unemployment reached dangerous proportions
Synonyms: precarious, shaky
Definition: not secure; beset with difficulties
Usage: a shaky marriage
Similar words: unsafe, insecure
Definition: lacking in security or safety
Usage: his fortune was increasingly insecure; an insecure future