life-threatening

Questions about life-threatening

What does life-threatening mean?

life-threatening means "causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm".

How many syllables are in life-threatening?

life-threatening has 3 syllables: life--threaten-ing. The stress falls on "life-". In IPA it is /ˈlaɪfˌθɹɛtnɪŋ/.

What is another word for life-threatening?

Close synonyms include dangerous, grave, grievous, serious, severe. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is life-threatening a common word?

life-threatening is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.