Dictionary › T › threatened
threatened
2 syllablesYour browser doesn’t have built-in voices. Try Chrome, Edge or Safari.
Quick answer
As an adjective, threatened means at risk of becoming endangered in the near future.
Meanings of threatened
3 meaningsverb
Simple past tense and past participle of threaten
adjective
ecologyof a plantanimalAt risk of becoming endangered in the near future.
Feeling insecure or vulnerable.
(of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered
“the spotted owl is a threatened species, not yet an endangered one”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
For word games
t1
h4
r1
e1
a1
t1
e1
n1
e1
d2
Scrabble & Words With Friends: valid word14 points before bonuses.10 letters.
Unscramble these letters