threatened

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθɹɛt.n̩d/

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• Hyphenation: threat‧ened

Verb

threatened

1. simple past tense and past participle of threaten

Adjective

threatened (comparative more threatened, superlative most threatened)

1. (ecology, of a plant or animal) At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.
2. Feeling insecure or vulnerable.

Translations

at risk of becoming endangered

• Czech: ohrožený (cs)
• Danish: truet (da)
• Dutch: bedreigd (nl)
• Faroese: hóttur
• Finnish: uhanalainen (fi)
• German: bedroht (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: truet

• Portuguese: ameaçado (pt)
• Romanian: amenințat
• Slovak: ohrozený
• Spanish: amenazado (es)