'Fraught' definitions:

Definition of 'fraught'

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adjective
Marked by distress; "a fraught mother-daughter relationship"
adjective
Filled with or attended with; "words fraught with meaning"; "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with suspense" [syn: fraught(p), pregnant]

Definition of 'Fraught'

From: GCIDE
  • Fraught \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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fraught'

From: GCIDE
  • Fraught \Fraught\, a. Freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged. [1913 Webster]
  • A vessel of our country richly fraught. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • A discourse fraught with all the commending excellences of speech. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • Enterprises fraught with world-wide benefits. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fraught'

From: GCIDE
  • Fraught \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.] [1913 Webster]
  • Upon the tumbling billows fraughted ride The armed ships. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fraught'

From: GCIDE
  • Fraught \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.] [1913 Webster]
  • Upon the tumbling billows fraughted ride The armed ships. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'fraught'

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Words containing 'Fraught'