- fraught adj
- [frɔːt]
(tense) teso (-a)
the situation is rather fraught — la situazione è un po' tesa
fraught with — pieno (-a) or carico (-a) di
fraught with danger — pieno (-a) di pericoli
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fraught — [adj] full of abounding, attended, bristling, charged, filled, heavy, laden, replete, stuffed; concepts 483,771 Ant. empty … New thesaurus
fraught — [fro:t US fro:t] adj [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Past participle of fraught to load, fill (14 19 centuries), from Middle Dutch vracht load ] 1.) fraught with problems/difficulties/danger etc full of problems etc ▪ Their marriage has been fraught… … Dictionary of contemporary English
fraught — adj. (cannot stand alone) fraught with (the situation was fraught with danger) * * * [frɔːt] (cannot stand alone) fraught with (the situation was fraught with danger) … Combinatory dictionary
fraught — [frôt] adj. [ME fraught, pp. of fraughten, to freight < MDu vrachten < vracht, a load < Gmc * fraaichtiz < * fra (akin to FOR1) + * aig , to have > Goth aigan, OWE] 1. filled, charged, or loaded (with) [a life fraught with… … English World dictionary
fraught — adj. 1 (foll. by with) filled or attended with (fraught with danger). 2 colloq. causing or affected by great anxiety or distress. Etymology: ME, past part. of obs. fraught (v.) load with cargo f. MDu. vrachten f. vracht FREIGHT … Useful english dictionary
fraught — adj full of, pregnant with, replete with, abounding in, teeming with, Inf. chock full of, Inf. jam packed with; involving, attended with, accompanied by … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
fraught — [[t]frɔ͟ːt[/t]] 1) ADJ: v link ADJ with n If a situation or action is fraught with problems or risks, it is filled with them. The earliest operations employing this technique were fraught with dangers. 2) ADJ GRADED If you say that a situation or … English dictionary
fraught — /frawt/, adj. 1. fraught with, full of; accompanied by; involving: a task fraught with danger. 2. Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares. n. 3. Scot. a load; cargo; freight (of a ship). [1300 50; ME < MD or MLG vracht… … Universalium
fraught — [frɔːt] adj very worried, or involving people who are very worried • fraught with sth full of problems or dangers[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
fraught — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. filled with, loaded, laden, beset. See completion. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. abounding, filled, laden; see full 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. loaded, filled, charged, full of, teeming with … English dictionary for students
fraught — frÉ”Ët adj. full of or accompanied by, charged with, laden with … English contemporary dictionary
