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fraught

fraught [ frawt ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. full of: full of or accompanied by problems, dangers, or difficulties
an evening fraught with embarrassment

2. tense and anxious: full of or expressing nervous tension and anxiety
looking fraught and close to tears

[14th century. < past participle of obsolete fraught "load with cargo" < Middle Dutch or Middle Low German vrachten]
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