Threatened
Threatened adjective - (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered.
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Synonyms for Threatened
Unfortunate and threatened are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unfortunate" instead an adjective "Threatened".
Nearby Words: threatening, threat
Unfortunate
Unfortunate adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.
Threatened and unfortunate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Threatened" instead an adjective "Unfortunate".
Nearby Word: unfortunately
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Cast of Snowflakes Character Tics: Lamont has an unfortunate habit of laughing uncontrollably when nervous or threatened.
- Spider-Man's Black Cat had the (latent) mutant ability to cause "bad luck" to anyone who threatened her or her friends, with the unfortunate side effect of giving her friends rotten luck, as well.
Source: Winds of Destiny, Change -
The Miserable Mill, book four in A Series of Unfortunate Events has the Baudelaire children being threatened by one of Count Olaf's henchmen in an active sawmill.
Source: Gory Discretion Shot
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