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   fraught

   /frɔːt/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a situation or course of action) filled with or likely to result in (something undesirable): "marketing any new product is fraught with danger" Similar full offilled withswarming withrife withthick withbristling withcharged withloaded withbrimful ofbrimming withattended byaccompanied by
   • 2. causing or affected by anxiety or stress: "there was a fraught silence" Similar anxiousworriedupsetdistraughtoverwroughtagitateddistresseddistracteddesperatefranticpanic-strickenpanic-struckpanickybeside oneselfat one's wits' endat the end of one's tetherout of one's mindinformal:stressedhassledwound upworked upin a statein a flapin a cold sweattearing one's hair outhaving kittensin a flat spinstressyOpposite calm

   Word Origin late Middle English, ‘laden, equipped’, past participle of obsolete fraught ‘load with cargo’, from Middle Dutch vrachten, from vracht ‘ship's cargo’. Compare with freight.

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › fraughtFraught Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   1. : full of or accompanied by something specified used with with. a situation fraught with danger. The paper was poorly researched and is fraught with errors. 2. : causing or characterized by emotional distress or tension : uneasy. a fraught relationship. 3. archaic. : laden. b. : well supplied or provided. fraught. 2 of 3. noun. ˈfrȯḵt.

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   FRAUGHT definition: 1. full of unpleasant things such as problems or dangers: 2. causing or having extreme worry or…. Learn more.

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   FRAUGHT meaning: 1. full of unpleasant things such as problems or dangers: 2. causing or having extreme worry or…. Learn more.

5. www.thefreedictionary.com › fraughtFraught - definition of fraught by The Free Dictionary

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   1. Filled with a specified element or elements; charged: an incident fraught with danger; an evening fraught with high drama. 2. Marked by or causing distress; emotional: "an account of a fraught mother-daughter relationship" (Francesca Simon). n. Scots. Freight; cargo.

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   Definition of fraught adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishFRAUGHT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   adjective. 1. (usually postpositive; and foll by with) filled or charged; attended. a venture fraught with peril. 2. informal. showing or producing tension or anxiety. she looks rather fraught. a fraught situation.

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   There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective fraught. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Fraught means filled with something — often something bad. Your Thanksgiving was fraught with awkward moments when your family saw your blue hair, and it only got worse when you told them you'd quit law school to join the circus.

10. www.britannica.com › dictionary › fraughtFraught Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary

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    FRAUGHT meaning: 1 : causing or having a lot of emotional stress or worry anxious; 2 : full of (something bad or unwanted)

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishFRAUGHT | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary - Cambridge ...

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    FRAUGHT definition: 1. full of danger/difficulties, etc: 2. causing worry, or feeling worried: . Learn more.