endangered

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UK/ɪnˈdeɪn.d͡ʒəd/US/ɪnˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚd/Australia/ɪnˈdæɪn.d͡ʒəd/New Zealand/ənˈdæɪn.d͡ʒəd/

adjective

in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct)

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vulnerable
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Meanings

adjectiveendangered (comparative more endangered, superlative most endangered)

comparative more endangered · superlative most endangered

  1. in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct)

    I have but done my devoir, lady, as a good knight, in defence of an endangered maiden […]

    1825 June 22, [Walter Scott], Tales of the Crusaders. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of endanger

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction

Similar
vulnerable
Also see
vulnerable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian застрашен
  • застрашен (zastrašen)in danger, at risk
Catalan en perill
  • en perillin danger, at risk
Chinese Mandarin 瀕危 /濒危
  • 瀕危 /濒危 (bīnwēi)in danger, at risk
Czech ohrožený
  • ohroženýin danger, at risk
Dutch bedreigd
  • bedreigdin danger, at risk
Finnish uhanalainen, erittäin uhanalainen (IUCN 3.1)
  • uhanalainenin danger, at risk
  • erittäin uhanalainen (IUCN 3.1)in danger, at risk
French en danger
  • en dangerin danger, at risk
German gefährdet
  • gefährdetin danger, at risk
Hebrew בסיכון
  • בסיכון (besicun)in danger, at risk
Hungarian veszélyeztetett
  • veszélyeztetettin danger, at risk
Indonesian terancam punah, genting
  • terancam punahin danger, at risk
  • gentingin danger, at risk
Italian a rischio
  • a rischioin danger, at risk
Japanese 危機に瀕する, 消滅危機のある
  • 危機に瀕するin danger, at risk
  • 消滅危機のあるin danger, at risk
Malay terancam
  • terancamin danger, at risk
Māori tata korehāhā
  • tata korehāhāin danger, at risk
Polish zagrożony
  • zagrożonyin danger, at risk
Portuguese em risco
  • em riscoin danger, at risk
Russian угрожа́емый, вымира́ющий
  • угрожа́емый (ugrožájemyj)in danger, at risk
  • вымира́ющий (vymirájuščij)in danger, at risk
  • исчеза́ющий (isčezájuščij)in danger, at risk
Spanish en peligro, peligrante
  • en peligroin danger, at risk
  • peligrantein danger, at risk
  • peligrandoin danger, at risk
  • periclitante (disused)in danger, at risk
  • periclitando (disused)in danger, at risk
  • apeligradoin danger, at risk
Turkish nesli tehlikede
  • nesli tehlikedein danger, at risk
Ukrainian під загрозою зникнення, під загрозою вимирання
  • під загрозою зникнення (pid zahrozoju znyknennja)in danger, at risk
  • під загрозою вимирання (pid zahrozoju vymyrannja)in danger, at risk
  • зникаючий (znykajučyj)in danger, at risk
Zulu ebungozini
  • ebungoziniin danger, at risk
Cite this entry
APA

endangered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endangered

MLA

“endangered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endangered. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “endangered,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/endangered.

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