fraught
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- adjective
- /frɔt/
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- The young pilots would face a new challenge, fraught with risk.
- fraught with difficulties
- fraught with uncertainty
- fraught with tension
And that's, yeah, it's fraught to do business with friends.
- And that's, yeah, it's fraught to do business with friends.
- Sex is a very fraught space in narcissistic relationships.
- So let's take on this again, one more topic in this fraught issue of narcissism and money.
- It's a, it's very fraught, but so, so very important.
- And I think that my relationship with my parents has been fraught at times.
- For many people, that was a very fraught script.
- And I'm sure you realize that that was going to be fraught.
- And so contact between the two was rather fraught.
- And we know that kind of our democratic elections are, you know, fraught.
- It was, for me, really just an indicator of just how frenzied and fraught the situation was that we were in.
- Speculation about an increase had circulated for months, and then, as now, the topic was fraught, to say the least.
- The only thing that bums me out about this is 'cause this seems very doable, but this is so fraught and people don't even like to talk about it.
- Much like money itself, banking has this this fraught sort of reputation in our society.
- The development of non human primate models is potentially more fraught and certainly more complex than it might sound.
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When we think about forgiveness, it's a fraught space in these relationships.
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The project was fraught with challenges, making progress difficult for the team.
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So you see how fraught this whole issue is of communication.
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And I think that my relationship with my parents has been fraught at times.
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Yeah, both of those things are fraught with problems.
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The road will be fraught with danger.
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But this vision was fraught with serious ethical concerns.
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Continuing one's education beyond the basic levels is also fraught with problems, primarily financial.
Academic text (1991) -
The concept of integration is fraught with significance in what it implies regarding teaching and learning situations.
Academic text (2013) -
O'Brien viewed the process of immigration as fraught with danger for young female immigrants.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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3.5
Feeling worried or upset because of problems
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Full of problems or danger
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Feeling very nervous and unable to relax
Full of worry and sadness because of problems
Full of strong feeling that can make people react
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Etymology
The word fraught comes from an old idea of being 'loaded' or 'filled', the same idea you see in freight, which fills a ship. So when something is fraught it is 'full of' worry, danger, or strong feeling.