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threatened |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb threaten 1 of 3 senses of threaten Sense 2 threaten => offer Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb threaten 1 of 3 senses of threaten Sense 2 threaten => offer Entailment of verb threaten Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb threaten 3 senses of threaten Sense 1 endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril => exist, be Sense 2 threaten => warn Sense 3 threaten => bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict Familiarity of verb threaten threaten used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb threaten Sense 1 endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril => exist, be -------------- Sense 2 threaten => warn -------------- Sense 3 threaten => bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict -------------- Grep of noun threatened threatened abortion Overview of verb threaten The verb threaten has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (23) endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril -- (pose a threat to present a danger to "The pollution is endangering the crops") 2. (21) threaten -- (to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police") 3. (10) threaten -- (to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens") Overview of adj threatened The adj threatened has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (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") Antonyms of adj threatened 1 sense of threatened Sense 1 threatened INDIRECT (VIA vulnerable) -> invulnerable Similarity of adj threatened 1 sense of threatened Sense 1 threatened => vulnerable (vs. invulnerable) Attributes of adj threatened Familiarity of adj threatened threatened used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj threatened threatened Overview of verb threaten The verb threaten has 3 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (23) endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril -- (pose a threat to present a danger to "The pollution is endangering the crops") 2. (21) threaten -- (to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police") 3. (10) threaten -- (to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens") Overview of adj threatened The adj threatened has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (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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