fraught

Adjective
Synonyms: fraught(p)pregnant

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. marked by distress“a fraught mother-daughter relationship”
  2. filled with or attended with“words fraught with meaning”“an incident fraught with danger”“a silence pregnant with suspense”Synonyms: fraught(p)pregnant
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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]
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]

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