FRAUGHT Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

fraught

adjective

ˈfrȯt

Definition of fraught

as in crowded

possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified every room in my childhood home is fraught with memories

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as in uneasy

marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings had a fraught meeting with his estranged wife to discuss a divorce settlement

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Recent Examples of fraught Jimmy Kimmel and Disney‘s ABC have entered into negotiations about keeping the host in late-night after the new TV season, a process that might ordinarily be the most normal of business practices, but in the current climate is exceedingly fraught. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 Although the film gives a glimpse at Noel and Liam’s fraught first rehearsals back together, most of their new interviews with directors Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern are only heard in voiceover. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026 The expansion has at times led to a fraught dynamic with district leadership, as board members probe long-standing CPS policy. — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026 Launching outdoor tests is the next step, but history suggests this will be fraught. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fraught

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fraught

Adjective

Zipline is putting a fresh valuation on the increasingly crowded race to make drone delivery a mainstream part of American last-mile logistics networks, all while the regulatory system is still playing catch-up.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
Some matches at the Asian Games have been played before the official opening to accommodate a crowded schedule which features more than 11,000 athletes, more than the Summer Olympics.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of crowded

Adjective

Sam Altman is leading OpenAI through perhaps the most consequential—and uneasy—moment in artificial intelligence yet.

— Fortune Editors, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026
In a desperate race against time, Rosalind and Sean are forced into an uneasy alliance, fighting to save her husband and expose a global trafficking empire that eliminates anyone who tries to stop it.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of uneasy

Adjective

Taylor received the medication in four pre-filled syringes, but wanted a lower dose.

— Kara McGrath, Allure, 15 Sep. 2026
New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania have introduced or passed legislation penalizing the practice and requiring employers to disclose hiring timelines or remove filled postings, while Texas has opened its own investigation into a major job board.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of filled

Adjective

Ties between Kosovo and Serbia remain tense, despite years of negotiations mediated by the European Union and supported by the United States.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026
This also enabled Laporta to improve his previously tense relationship with UEFA and its president, Aleksander Ceferin.

— Pol Ballús, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of tense

Adjective

The rise of households with two working parents combined with frequent work travel and packed kids programming has created a demand for operational support, especially for those without family nearby to help.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Nayib Bukele, the autocratic leader of El Salvador, went on Tucker Carlson’s show to defend his own program of mass arrests and packed prisons.

— Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of packed

Adjective

More than a month after Perez Hilton appeared in a disturbing livestream appearing to engage in acts of self-harm at this Miami-area home, his family is addressing the rumor mill.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
As tensions rise and boundaries begin to blur, their grandmother’s frail presence takes on an increasingly disturbing quality, turning a once-idyllic summer into a haunting passage into adulthood.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of disturbing

Adjective

According to Rowbottom, Jumbo’s is rife for literary inspiration.

— Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
But coming just four months after the October 7th Hamas attack, tensions were high, misinformation was rife, and Israel’s decades-long conflation of anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism had burrowed deep into the Western psyche.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of rife

Adjective

Nelson took 12 years to get the project made, and that labor-of-love aspect shows in the soulfulness and meticulous care the writer-director brings to this unsettling story of violence begetting violence, based on actual events.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
Trapped together in the heavy, stifling isolation of the summer heat, the siblings’ bond begins to shift into something unsettling and difficult to define.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026