Definitions for threatened
threat·ened

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. threatened(adj)

   (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered

   "the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet an endangered one"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. threatened(Adjective)

   At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.

2. threatened(Adjective)

   Feeling insecure or vulnerable.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Threatened

   of Threaten

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1. Threatened

   US federal protection designation = Threatened.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'threatened' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2747

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'threatened' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4431

How to pronounce threatened?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say threatened in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of threatened in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of threatened in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of threatened in a Sentence

1. Muhammad Musri:

   We are tremendously threatened.

2. Elliott Abrams:

   We have not threatened military action.

3. Keryn Redstone:

   Shari erupted and threatened to kill me.

4. Vassily Nebenzia:

   Russia is being unpardonably threatened.

5. Rodolphe Debord:

   These are extremely rare, threatened monkeys.

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