fraught Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite marked by distress
    • a fraught mother-daughter relationship
  2. adjective satellite filled with or attended with
    pregnant.
    • words fraught with meaning
    • an incident fraught with danger
    • a silence pregnant with suspense

WordNet

Fraught noun
Etymology
OE.fraight, fraght; akin to Dan. fragt, Sw. frakt, D. vracht, G. fracht, cf. OHG. frht merit, reward; perh. from corresponding to E. for + The root of E. own. Cf. Freight.
Definitions
  1. A freight; a cargo. Obs. Shak.
Fraught adjective
Definitions
  1. Freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged.
    A vessel of our country richly fraught. Shak.
    A discourse fraught with all the commending excellences ospeech. South.
    Enterprises fraught with world-wide benefits. I. Taylor.
Fraught transitive verb
Etymology
Akin to Dan. fragte, Sw. frakta, D. bevrachten, G. frachten, cf. OHG. freht&omac;n to deserve. See Fraught, n.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Fraughted or Fraught; present participle & verbal noun Fraughting
Definitions
  1. To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd. Obs.
    Upon the tumbling billows fraughted ride The armed ships. Fairfax.

Webster 1913