[
US
/ˈfɹɔt/
]
[ UK /fɹˈɔːt/ ]
[ UK /fɹˈɔːt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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marked by distress
a fraught mother-daughter relationship -
filled with or attended with
words fraught with meaning
a silence pregnant with suspense
an incident fraught with danger
How To Use fraught In A Sentence
- Surely you appreciate that for those who regularly attack Israel and its suporters, “Likud” is a label fraught with negative implications that have nothing to do with the political realities within Israel. The Volokh Conspiracy » Human Rights Watch Update
- Yet any surgical procedure is fraught with danger. The Sun
- Agreement about periodization, however, remains both fraught and elusive. The Times Literary Supplement
- Out of this fraught legal and financial tangle the bureau worker must work with the client to create order and stability.
- And its recent past is not fraught with the kind of conflicts that scriptwriters drool over.
- The situation was fraught with difficulty.
- The whole idea of "self sufficiency" is fraught with peril. Redefining Self-Sufficiency « PubliCola
- By contrast, Dickens's second protagonist, Oliver Twist, experiences what seems set to be his climacteric in an intensely fraught boyhood.
- The degree of serenity that she brought to a day fraught with nerves made a profound impact. Times, Sunday Times
- Obviously my slapdash cooking methods are fraught with peril. Times, Sunday Times