Definition of threatened

"threatened" in the verb sense

1. endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril

pose a threat to present a danger to

"The pollution is endangering the crops"

2. threaten

to utter intentions of injury or punishment against

"He threatened me when I tried to call the police"

3. threaten

to be a menacing indication of something

"The clouds threaten rain"

"Danger threatens"

"threatened" in the adjective sense

1. threatened

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

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

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Quotations for threatened

Threatened folks live long. [ Proverb ]

A threatened blow is seldom given. [ Proverb ]

There are more threatened than struck. [ Proverb ]

There are more men threatened than stricken. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Threatened men eat bread, says the Spaniard. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

And yet you had the look of one that promised (threatened) many fine things. [ Horace ]

Prudery is often immodestly modest; its habit is to multiply sentinels in proportion as the fortress is less threatened. [ G. D. Prentice ]

Affections injured by tyranny, or rigor of compulsion, like tempest threatened trees, unfirmly rooted, never spring to timely growth. [ John Ford ]

Life is a sea; the soul the threatened ship; sin, Satan, and hell the dangers to be met; and Christ the great pilot, who will bring the soul into the heavenly harbor. [ J. Foster ]

threatened in Scrabble®

The word threatened is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters threatened:

THREATENED
(135)
THREATENED
(135)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (15 words)

dentate, detente, earthed, earthen, entered, entreat, hearted, hearten, teethed, teether, ternate, theater, theatre, thereat, treated

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word threatened

THREATENED
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In threatened

THREATENED
(135)
THREATENED
(135)
EARTHED
(95 = 45 + 50)
TEETHED
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THEATRE
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THEATER
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EARTHEN
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THREATENED
(90)
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THREATENED
(90)
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threatened in Words With Friends™

The word threatened is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters threatened:

THREATENED
(162)
THREATENED
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (15 words)

dentate, detente, earthed, earthen, entered, entreat, hearted, hearten, teethed, teether, ternate, theater, theatre, thereat, treated

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word threatened

THREATENED
(162)
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(96)
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THREATENED
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In threatened

THREATENED
(162)
THREATENED
(162)
THREATENED
(96)
THREATENED
(96)
TEETHED
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THEREAT
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TREATED
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Words containing the sequence threatened

Words that start with threatened (1 word)

Words with threatened in them (1 word)

Words that end with threatened (2 words)

Word Growth involving threatened

Shorter words in threatened

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en ten eaten threaten

at eat threat threaten

re threat threaten

Longer words containing threatened

unthreatened