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threatened

  • adjective
  • threat·ened
  • /ˈθɹɛt.n̩d/

At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.

Other meanings

  1. Feeling insecure or vulnerable.

Related words

  • bethreatened
  • nonthreatened
  • unthreatened
  • threatened abortion
  • threatened species

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “threatened” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.