distress
dicey
precipice
peril
tinderbox
plightly
hazarded
minefield
risky
dangerous
desperate
dire
orgulous
unchancy
fox in the henhouse
death-defying
impendent
precarious
valley of death
parlous
perilous
touch-and-go
abyss
try on for size
at stake
hot water
gnarly
riskily
valley of the shadow of death
imminency
impendence
impendency
imminence
imminentness
chancy
forthcomingness
perilousness
riskiness
hazardousness
hang over
hairy
the writing is on the wall
threat
threatful
too close for comfort
thundery
threatened
chance
chopping block
lion in the way
jeopardize
the British are coming
menaced
warning light
vulturine
between Scylla and Charybdis
red light
strategic warning
precariously
doom
sword of Damocles
stake
venture
adventure
venturesome
precariousness
razor's edge
hazard
danger
lay on the line
stakes
dangerously
threateningly
threatening
threatfully
hazardful
run scared
sharp
hang by a thread
on the horizon
spookfest
time bomb
gritty
sematic
imminently
game
exposed
dodgy
riskish
rearguard action
gamy
supervulnerable
gamey