Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of threaten
comparative more threatened · superlative most threatened
- especiallybiologyAt risk of becoming endangered in the near future.
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.
1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 78 - Feeling insecure or vulnerable.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Czech ohrožený
- ohroženýat risk of becoming endangered
Danish truet
- truetat risk of becoming endangered
Dutch bedreigd
- bedreigdat risk of becoming endangered
Finnish uhanalainen
- uhanalainenat risk of becoming endangered
German bedroht
- bedrohtat risk of becoming endangered
Norwegian Bokmål truet
- truetat risk of becoming endangered
Portuguese ameaçado
- ameaçadoat risk of becoming endangered
Romanian amenințat
- amenințatat risk of becoming endangered
Slovak ohrozený
- ohrozenýat risk of becoming endangered
Spanish amenazado
- amenazadoat risk of becoming endangered
Cite this entry
threatened. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/threatened
“threatened.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/threatened. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “threatened,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/threatened.
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