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bethreatened

UK/bɪˈθɹɛtn̩d/

bethreatened adjective: threatened by mortal danger.

Adjective

bethreatened (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Threatened by mortal danger.
    • My plummet’s light, it cannot sink nor sound; // Oh, shall my rock-bethreaten’d soul be drown’d?1635, Francis Quarles, Emblems, divine and moral (1818 reprint, Chiswick Press), book III, emblem 11, page 178

Forms of bethreatened

alternative formbethreaten’d

Origin of bethreatened

From be- + threatened.

Questions about bethreatened

What does bethreatened mean?
Bethreatened means threatened by mortal danger.
What part of speech is bethreatened?
Bethreatened is an adjective.
How do you pronounce bethreatened?
Bethreatened is pronounced /bɪˈθɹɛtn̩d/ (UK).

Words near bethreatened in the dictionary

  1. bethral
  2. bethrall
  3. bethralled
  4. bethralling
  5. bethralls
  6. bethreatened
  7. bethroned
  8. bethrong
  9. bethroot
  10. bethroots
  11. bethroth

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