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 The practice field naming rights proved to be the last straw in what was already a fraught relationship with USC. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 Still, convincing brands there’s a business case for making clothes customers want to hold onto can be fraught. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 22 July 2026 His family has sharply challenged that, calling it a rush to judgment and invoking the state’s fraught racial history. — Adam Carlson, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026 Recounting her boyfriend calling the police on her during their fraught break-up, the chorus rings out over rowdy snares like a brutal playground taunt. — Will Pritchard, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for fraught

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Adjective

Following a tumultuous term that saw the last Jackson County Executive recalled from office, Jackson County residents will choose from a crowded primary field of contenders for the county’s top seat on August 4.

— Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
The products ensure everything stays in place and looks fresh at the crowded venue.

— Jesa Marie Calaor, Allure, 24 July 2026

Definition of crowded

Adjective

The Wall Street Journal featured Reese alongside WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson on its magazine cover, even after Caitlin Clark broke numerous records, filled arenas, and set new marks for WNBA broadcasts.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
The new system allows citations to be transmitted electronically and enter the court records system pre-filled.

— Adam Harrington, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026

Definition of filled

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The first is a tense sequence where Hwang as he and a group of men shoot their way through the wreckage of their town — only to finally come face to face with the gigantic alien preying upon them.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 24 July 2026
Cordes and Haake are keen and tense, their hands raised, but Hasnie has relaxed, withdrawing briefly into her thoughts.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026

Definition of tense

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Every few years, the LGBTQ+ communities and allies descend on a city for a jam-packed, multi-week program of events celebrating Pride.

— Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026
Writer Larry Kramer held a packed meeting of men in his Greenwich Village apartment to hear from a doctor about the disease that was killing gay men.

— USA Today, USA Today, 28 July 2026

Definition of packed

Adjective

In a handwritten criminal complaint, Patty’s ex-wife described a disturbing physical altercation that allegedly left her with a swollen arm, neck pain and a bump on her head.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
The 1981 film revolves around a woman who begins exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior after asking her husband for a divorce.

— Justin Kroll, Deadline, 29 July 2026

Definition of disturbing

Adjective

Speculation was rife; one unproven theory was that someone had heated the sensor with a hairdryer.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
The returnees have strained local communities, many of which already have scant resources in a country where poverty is rife and malnutrition stalks the most vulnerable.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

Definition of rife

Adjective

The image could be a still from a film about an alien invasion, although the ominous light almost makes the figures seem like cinemagoers transfixed by something unsettling playing out onscreen.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 July 2026
The Houthi threat is so unsettling to oil markets because millions of barrels per day pass through the Bab el-Mandeb strait to reach global markets.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 23 July 2026

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