Synonyms for fraught
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : frawt |
| Phonetic Transcription : frɔt |
Définition of fraught
Origin :- early 14c., "laden" (of vessels), past participle of Middle English fraughten "to load (a ship) with cargo," from fraght "cargo, lading of a ship" (early 13c.), variant of freight; influenced by Middle Dutch vrachten "to load or furnish with cargo," from Proto-Germanic *fra-aihtiz (see freight (n.)). Figurative sense is first attested 1570s.
- adj full of
- There was infinite pathos in the tones as she repeated the words so fraught with dreadfulness.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- His mind was fraught with independence, magnanimity, and every manly virtue.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- Not only was such an act sacrilegious in its nature, but it was fraught with peril.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
- Yet their embrace was fraught with suffering and they released one another.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- The ride had been nightmare-like, fraught every second with peril.
- Extract from : « Raiders Invisible » by Desmond Winter Hall
- Withdrawal from a position of that kind is ever fraught with loss of dignity.
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
- But to kiss the very air she breathed was fraught with danger to my peace of mind.
- Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
- That was clearly impracticable and fraught with too much risk of detection.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
- It may cause you much discomfort, and may be fraught with danger even to your life.
- Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
- And so the programme, so fraught with momentous consequences, was arranged.
- Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis
Antonyms for fraught
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