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- Dictionaryfraught/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
- 2. causing or affected by anxiety or stress: "there was a fraught silence" Similar Opposite
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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.
: 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.
FRAUGHT meaning: 1. full of unpleasant things such as problems or dangers: 2. causing or having extreme worry or…. Learn more.
Fraught definition: full of, accompanied by, or involving something specified, usually something unpleasant (often followed by with). See examples of FRAUGHT used in a sentence.
Definition of 'fraught' Word Frequency. fraught. (frɔːt ) 1. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE with noun] If a situation or action is fraught with problems or risks, it is filled with them. The earliest operations employing this technique were fraught with dangers. 2. adjective.
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.
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.
