threatened synonyms

threatened

modif.

warned, endangered, imperiled, jeopardized, in bad straits, insecure, unsafe, unprotected, vulnerable, exposed, in a crucial state, in danger, besieged, surrounded, under attack, set upon, in a bad way.

Antonyms safe*, invulnerable*, protected.

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