Castigated
Threatened and castigated are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Threatened" instead a verb "Castigated".
Nearby Word: castigating
Threatened
Threatened adjective - (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered.
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Synonyms for Threatened
Castigated and threatened are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Castigated" instead a verb "Threatened".
Nearby Words: threatening, threat
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Archibald Armstrong, the court jester of James VI, who relentlessly castigated other members of the court; at one point, the duke of Buckingham threatened to have him hanged, to which he replied "dukes had often been hanged for insolence but never fools for talking."
Source: The Jester
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