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Dictionary: fraught   (frôt) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Filled with a specified element or elements; charged: an incident fraught with danger; an evening fraught with high drama.
  2. Marked by or causing distress; emotional: "an account of a fraught mother-daughter relationship" (Francesca Simon).
n. Scots
Freight; cargo.

[Middle English, past participle of fraughten, to load, from fraght, cargo. See freight, and from Middle Dutch vrachten, to load (from vracht, freight).]


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adj

Definition: full of
Antonyms: devoid, empty, lacking


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IN BRIEF: adj. - Marked by distress.

Tutor's tip: The day was "fraught" (associated with) with anxiety until they could be sure that they were not victims of insurance "fraud." (deception)

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: marked by distress

Meaning #2: filled with or attended with
  Synonym: pregnant


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fuld af, svanger med
n. - tungsind

Nederlands (Dutch)
vol met, onbehaaglijk, welvoorzien, lading, laden

Français (French)
adj. - plein de, désolant, pénible, désolé (une personne)
n. - (Écosse) chargement d'un bateau

Deutsch (German)
adj. - geladen mit
n. - Fracht, Ladung

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κατάφορτος, πλήρης, γεμάτος, καργαρισμένος, φίσκα

Italiano (Italian)
carico, denso, gravido

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - cheio, tenso

Русский (Russian)
чреватый, озабоченный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - lleno, cargado
n. - carga, cargazón

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - spänd, lastad (åld. poet.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
含有...的, 充满...的, 伴着...的, 重载, 船货, 负担

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 含有...的, 充滿...的, 伴著...的
n. - 重載, 船貨, 負擔

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - ~대표한, ~이 따르는, ~으로 가득한
n. - 하물, 뱃짐

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 満ちた, 伴う, 困った, 心配な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مملوء , منعم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮כרוך ב-, גדוש, מלא, גורם או נגרם ע"י התרגשות או דיכאון עצומים‬
n. - ‮מיטען‬


 
 
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