fraught
[ frawt ]
/ frɔt /
adjective
Archaic.
filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
noun
Scot.
a load; cargo; freight (of a ship).
Idioms for fraught
fraught with,
full of; accompanied by; involving: a task fraught with danger.
Origin of fraught
1300–50; Middle English < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German
vracht freight money,
freight; compare Old High German
frēht earnings, Old English
ǣht possession
OTHER WORDS FROM fraught
o·ver·fraught, adjective un·fraught, adjectiveWords nearby fraught
fraud squad,
fraudster,
fraudulent,
frauenfeld,
fraughan,
fraught,
fraunhofer,
fraunhofer lines,
fravashi,
frawzey,
fraxinella
Example sentences from the Web for fraught
British Dictionary definitions for fraught
fraught
/ (frɔːt) /
adjective
(usually postpositive and foll by with)
filled or charged; attended
a venture fraught with peril
informal
showing or producing tension or anxiety
she looks rather fraught; a fraught situation
archaic (usually postpositive and foll by with)
freighted
noun
an obsolete word for freight
Word Origin for fraught
C14: from Middle Dutch
vrachten, from
vracht
freight