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fraught

[ frawt ]

adjective

  1. full of, accompanied by, or involving something specified, usually something unpleasant (often followed by with ): her pain-fraught body; a gathering fraught with joyful sounds.

    a task fraught with danger;

    her pain-fraught body;

    emotionally fraught lyrics;

    a gathering fraught with joyful sounds.

  2. characterized by or causing tension or stress: We are living in fraught times.

    He has always been overweight, so his relationship with food is fraught.

    We are living in fraught times.

  3. Archaic. filled or laden:

    ships fraught with precious wares.



noun

  1. Scot. a load; cargo; freight (of a ship).

fraught

/ ´Ú°ùɔ˳٠/

adjective

  1. usually postpositiveand foll bywith filled or charged; attended

    a venture fraught with peril

  2. informal.
    showing or producing tension or anxiety

    she looks rather fraught

    a fraught situation

  3. archaic.
    usually postpositiveand foll bywith freighted
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an obsolete word for freight
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ´Ç·±¹±ð°ù·´Ú°ù²¹³Ü²µ³ó³Ù adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·´Ú°ù²¹³Ü²µ³ó³Ù adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of fraught1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German vracht “freight money, freightâ€; compare Old High German ´Ú°ùŧ³ó³Ù “e²¹°ù²Ô¾±²Ô²µ²õ,†Old English Ç£³ó³Ù ‼õ´Ç²õ²õ±ð²õ²õ¾±´Ç²Ôâ€; freight
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of fraught1

C14: from Middle Dutch vrachten , from vracht freight
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Example Sentences

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These days are sure to be fraught and even more divisive.

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To the extent the company tries to continue its therapeutic research on its own, it acknowledges that that business is fraught with costly risks.

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Insiders say that relationships had been "fraught" by last autumn.

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These are, as you suggest, fraught and frightening times.

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There are few US presidential actions more sensitive, more fraught with peril, than when and where to use American military force.

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