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fraught
CIDE DICTIONARY
fraught, n. [OE.fraight, fraght; akin to Dan. fragt, Sw. frakt, D. vracht, G. fracht, cf. OHG. fr merit, reward; perh. from a pref. corresponding to E. for + The root of E. own. Cf. Freight.].
A freight; a cargo. Shak. [1913 Webster]
fraught, a.
Freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged. [1913 Webster]
"A vessel of our country richly fraught." [1913 Webster]
"A discourse fraught with all the commending excellences of speech." [1913 Webster]
"Enterprises fraught with world-wide benefits." [1913 Webster]
fraught, v. t. [Akin to Dan. fragte, Sw. frakta, D. bevrachten, G. frachten, cf. OHG. fr to deserve. See Fraught, n. ].
To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd. [1913 Webster]
"Upon the tumbling billows fraughted ride
The armed ships." [1913 Webster]
The armed ships." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fraught, adj.
1 (foll. by with) filled or attended with (fraught with danger).
2 colloq. causing or affected by great anxiety or distress.
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
THESAURUS
fraught
anxious, attended by, burdened, charged, cumbered, distressful, distressing, encumbered, freighted, fretful, full-charged, full-fraught, hampered, heavy-laden, laden, loaded, nerve-racking, oppressed, overburdened, overcharged, overfraught, overfreighted, overladen, overloaded, overtaxed, overweighted, saddled, strained, stressful, supercharged, taut, taxed, tense, traumatic, trying, upsetting, weighted, weighted downROGET THESAURUS
fraught
Completeness
N completeness, completion, integration, allness, entirety, perfection, solidity, solidarity, unity, all, ne plus ultra, ideal, limit, complement, supplement, make-weight, filling, up, impletion, saturation, saturity, high water, high tide, flood tide, spring tide, fill, load, bumper, bellyful, brimmer, sufficiency, complete, entire, whole, perfect, full, good, absolute, thorough, plenary, solid, undivided, with all its parts, all- sided, exhaustive, radical, sweeping, thorough-going, dead, regular, consummate, unmitigated, sheer, unqualified, unconditional, free, abundant, brimming, brimful, topful, topfull, chock full, choke full, as full as an egg is of meat, as full as a vetch, saturated, crammed, replete, fraught, laden, full-laden, full-fraught, full-charged, heavy laden, completing, supplemental, supplementary, ascititious, completely, altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite, all out, over head and ears, effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders, neck and heel, neck and crop, in all respects, in every respect, at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes, toto coelo, utterly, clean, clean as a whistle, to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone, hollow, stark, heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground, to the top of one's bent, as far as possible, a outrance, throughout, from first to last, from beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from Dan to Beersheba, from head to foot, from top to toe, from top to bottom, de fond en comble, a fond, a capite ad calcem, ab ovo usque ad mala, fore and aft, every, whit, every inch, cap-a-pie, to the end of the chapter, up to the brim, up to the ears, up to the eyes, as a as can be, on all accounts, sous tous les rapports, with a vengeance, with a witness, falsus in uno falsus in omnibus, false in one thing, false in everything, omnem movere lapidem, una scopa nuova spazza bene.For further exploring for "fraught" in Webster Dictionary Online
