fraught

[US]/frɔːt/
[UK]/frɔːt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. filled with anxiety or worry; full of something

Phrases & Collocations

fraught with danger

emotionally fraught

fraught with anxiety

a fraught relationship

Example Sentences

there was a fraught silence.

a policy fraught with danger

The journey was fraught with difficulties.

a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty.

the film is fraught with moral ambiguity.

the fraught silence would modulate into conciliatory monosyllables.

The expedition through the jungle was fraught with difficulty and danger.

an incident fraught with danger; an evening fraught with high drama.

marketing any new product is fraught with danger.

The long journey through the tropical forest was fraught with danger.

The growth of any new-born thing is fraught with contradictions and struggle.

You're looking very fraught, Mildred! Is there anything the matter?

Real-world Examples

Marriage is an institution fraught with ironies.

Source: The Good Wife Season 1

We are at a time fraught with challenges.

Source: Wang Yi's speech at the United Nations General Assembly.

" Summerhall" . The word was fraught with doom.

Source: A Dance with Dragons: The Song of Ice and Fire (Bilingual Chinese-English)

The question has long been fraught with controversy.

Source: New York Times

The discussions are likely to be fraught with disagreement.

Source: BBC Listening Collection November 2016

It follows months of tough and often fraught negotiations.

Source: BBC World Headlines

They had very weak fraught relations in the past.

Source: BBC Listening Collection November 2015

This murmur arose from all the land, fraught with the joy of living.

Source: The Call of the Wild

Obviously, the United States has a very fraught relationship with Russia.

Source: NPR News January 2019 Compilation

Policymakers in poorer countries have navigated a fraught path this year.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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