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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθɹɛt.n̩d/
- Hyphenation: threat‧ened
Verb
threatened
- simple past and past participle of threaten
Adjective
threatened (comparative more threatened, superlative most threatened)
- (especially ecology, of an organism) At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.
1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 78:It is particularly desirable to obtain photographs of rural stations, both with and without a train, in view of the threatened wholesale closure of unremunerative branches throughout the country.
- Feeling insecure or vulnerable.
Derived terms
Translations
at risk of becoming endangered