Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

threatened

/ˈθɹɛt.n̩d/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables
threat-ened
IPA
/ˈθɹɛt.n̩d/
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of threaten

adj

At risk of becoming endangered in the near future.

adj

Feeling insecure or vulnerable.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more threatened (comparative) most threatened (superlative)

Derived Forms

bethreatened nonthreatened unthreatened

Phrases

threatened abortion threatened species

Questions

How do you pronounce threatened?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈθɹɛt.n̩d/.
What does threatened mean?
simple past and past participle of threaten

How to pronounce threatened

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