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Fraught Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fraught? [adj] marked by distress; "a fraught mother-daughter relationship" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fraught: troubled Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fraught: anxious \| attended by \| burdened \| charged \| cumbered \| distressful \| distressing \| encumbered \| freighted \| fretful \| full-charged \| full-fraught \| hampered \| heavy-laden \| laden \| loaded \| nerve-racking \| oppressed \| overburdened \| overcharged \| overfraught \| overfreighted \| overladen \| overloaded \| overtaxed \| overweighted \| saddled \| strained \| stressful \| supercharged \| taut \| taxed \| tense \| traumatic \| trying \| upsetting \| weighted \| weighted down See Also \| Fraught In Webster's Dictionary \Fraught\ (fr[add]t), n. [OE. fraight, fraght; akin to Dan. fragt, Sw. frakt, D. vracht, G. fracht, cf. OHG. fr[=e]ht merit, reward; perh. from a pref. corresponding to E. for + The root of E. own. Cf. {Freight}.] A freight; a cargo. [Obs.] --Shak. \Fraught\, a. Freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged. A vessel of our country richly fraught. --Shak. A discourse fraught with all the commending excellences of speech. --South. Enterprises fraught with world-wide benefits. --I. Taylor. \Fraught\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fraughted} or {Fraught}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fraughting}.] [Akin to Dan. fragte, Sw. frakta, D. bevrachten, G. frachten, cf. OHG. fr[=e]ht[=o]n to deserve. See {Fraught}, n.] To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd. [Obs.] Upon the tumbling billows fraughted ride The armed ships. --Fairfax.

Fraught Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fraught?

[adj] marked by distress; "a fraught mother-daughter relationship"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Fraught: troubled

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Fraught In Webster's Dictionary

\Fraught\ (fr[add]t), n. [OE. fraight, fraght; akin to
Dan. fragt, Sw. frakt, D. vracht, G. fracht, cf. OHG.
fr[=e]ht merit, reward; perh. from a pref. corresponding to
E. for + The root of E. own. Cf. {Freight}.]
A freight; a cargo. [Obs.] --Shak.


\Fraught\, a.
Freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged.

      A vessel of our country richly fraught.  --Shak.

      A discourse fraught with all the commending excellences
      of speech.                               --South.

      Enterprises fraught with world-wide benefits. --I.
                                               Taylor.


\Fraught\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fraughted} or {Fraught};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Fraughting}.] [Akin to Dan. fragte, Sw.
frakta, D. bevrachten, G. frachten, cf. OHG. fr[=e]ht[=o]n to
deserve. See {Fraught}, n.]
To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd. [Obs.]

      Upon the tumbling billows fraughted ride The armed
      ships.                                   --Fairfax.

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