fraught

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

fraught BrE [frɔːt] NAmE [frɔːt] adjective
1. ~ with sth filled with sth unpleasant
•a situation fraught with danger/difficulty/problems
2. (especially BrE)causing or feeling worry and anxiety
Syn: ↑tense
•She looked/sounded fraught.
•There was a fraught silence.
•The atmosphere remained fraught.
•Things are as fraught as ever in the office.

Word Origin:
[fraught] late Middle English, laden, equipped, past participle of obsolete fraught ‘load with cargo’, from Middle Dutch vrachten, from vracht ‘ship's cargo’. Compare with ↑freight.

Example Bank:
•She looked fraught.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fraught(p), pregnant