Fraught
adjective
Filled with or likely to result in something unwanted or unpleasant.
Their journey was fraught with danger.
Often appears as...
- fraught with danger
- fraught with uncertainty
adjective
Causing or characterized by emotional distress or tension.
He looks rather fraught - he must be worried about something.
Often appears as...
- fraught atmosphere
- fraught situation
adjective
Involving a lot of problems or difficulties.
This has been a fraught and complex negotiations.
Often appears as...
- fraught negotiation
- fraught process
adjective
Filled with or likely to result in something unwanted or unpleasant.
Their journey was fraught with danger.
Often appears as...
- fraught with danger
- fraught with uncertainty
adjective
Causing or characterized by emotional distress or tension.
He looks rather fraught - he must be worried about something.
Often appears as...
- fraught atmosphere
- fraught situation
adjective
Involving a lot of problems or difficulties.
This has been a fraught and complex negotiations.
Often appears as...
- fraught negotiation
- fraught process
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Outcome
Use 'fraught' when something is filled with or leads to bad results.
The plan is fraught with potential issues.
Pro Tip 2/3Strong Emphasis
'Fraught' adds intensity to the unwanted elements involved.
His decision is fraught with consequences.
Pro Tip 3/3Unwanted Complexity
Implies not just danger, but complicated or messy situations.
Their relationship became fraught with complexities.
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How to make a sad story...
As an estranged parent and child meet at a fraught family reunion, a little girl mumbles, “How do you do?” from behind a dirty curtain. After the death of his best friend, a lonely king travels to the end of the world in search for answers and walks into a bar.
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Why curiosity is the key...
but this is a person. And all I can say is that I know that all too well. I have conversations with these patients with rare and deadly diseases. I write about these conversations. These conversations are terribly fraught. They're fraught with horrible phrases
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Holly Morris: Why stay...
The benefits of hardy, physical living, but an environment made toxic by a complicated, little-understood enemy, radiation. It's incredibly difficult to parse. Health studies from the region are conflicting and fraught. The World Health Organization
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4 reasons to learn a new...
It's a highly fraught concept. And so gradual consensus is becoming that language can shape thought, but it tends to be in rather darling, obscure psychological flutters. It's not a matter of giving you a different pair of glasses on the world.
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Storytellers Summit Day...
fifth chapter he's telling these deep stories about some really troubled fraught people and the chapter begins memory believes before knowing remembers does that make any sense to you in terms of what you're thinking yeah absolutely
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How to make faster...
We live in a world of overwhelming choice. Even decisions that used to be simple, like choosing a restaurant or making everyday purchases, are now fraught with overanalysis. Technology has only made the issue more pronounced.
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The gift and power of...
So beautiful, imagine being greeted like that. But what does it take in the way we see ourselves? Our thoughts, our emotions and our stories that help us to thrive in an increasingly complex and fraught world?
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
I haven't been my whole life and I've been protester since I was 12 so um this moment is fraught and and mournful but also I feel more energized and I have probably in my entire life thank you for
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Baby Squirrels Nesting PIPE...
by eight weeks they're exploring their new world in earnest a young squirrels first missions outside the nest are fraught with danger in this new world as much to be
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Pulsar Planets PIPE...
is fraught with danger sometimes the violence is so great the end of the world comes before the beginning
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How to make a sad story...
As an estranged parent and child meet at a fraught family reunion, a little girl mumbles, “How do you do?” from behind a dirty curtain. After the death of his best friend, a lonely king travels to the end of the world in search for answers and walks into a bar.
Video examples
Why curiosity is the key...
but this is a person. And all I can say is that I know that all too well. I have conversations with these patients with rare and deadly diseases. I write about these conversations. These conversations are terribly fraught. They're fraught with horrible phrases
Video examples
Holly Morris: Why stay...
The benefits of hardy, physical living, but an environment made toxic by a complicated, little-understood enemy, radiation. It's incredibly difficult to parse. Health studies from the region are conflicting and fraught. The World Health Organization
Video examples
4 reasons to learn a new...
It's a highly fraught concept. And so gradual consensus is becoming that language can shape thought, but it tends to be in rather darling, obscure psychological flutters. It's not a matter of giving you a different pair of glasses on the world.
Video examples
Storytellers Summit Day...
fifth chapter he's telling these deep stories about some really troubled fraught people and the chapter begins memory believes before knowing remembers does that make any sense to you in terms of what you're thinking yeah absolutely
Video examples
How to make faster...
We live in a world of overwhelming choice. Even decisions that used to be simple, like choosing a restaurant or making everyday purchases, are now fraught with overanalysis. Technology has only made the issue more pronounced.
Video examples
The gift and power of...
So beautiful, imagine being greeted like that. But what does it take in the way we see ourselves? Our thoughts, our emotions and our stories that help us to thrive in an increasingly complex and fraught world?
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
I haven't been my whole life and I've been protester since I was 12 so um this moment is fraught and and mournful but also I feel more energized and I have probably in my entire life thank you for
Video examples
Baby Squirrels Nesting PIPE...
by eight weeks they're exploring their new world in earnest a young squirrels first missions outside the nest are fraught with danger in this new world as much to be
Video examples
Pulsar Planets PIPE...
is fraught with danger sometimes the violence is so great the end of the world comes before the beginning
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Richard Blumenthal
American Politician
Generally, social networking sites can be hugely promising and beneficial in opening new friendships and vistas and knowledge of the world, but they are also fraught with peril, when young people are reckless or headless.
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Deborah Tannen
American Sociologist
For each other, at each other: Sisters can be either or both. The same could be said of people in any close relationship. Yet there is something special about sisters - specially gratifying and specially fraught.
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Nell Newman
American Businesswoman
I think all family businesses are difficult and fraught with problems because you have that family relationship to get over. But my dad has been so supportive, we've managed to work around that.
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Roxane Gay
American Writer
A lot of ink is given over to mythologizing female friendships as curious, fragile relationships that are always intensely fraught. Stop reading writing that encourages this mythology.
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G-Dragon
South Korean Musician
People may see me as a luxurious star, but I am always thinking I can be represented by my psychological world that is fraught with vanity, loneliness, and always feels inadequate.
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Nathan Wolfe
American Scientist
We live in a world fraught with risk from new pandemics. Fortunately, we also now live in an era with the tools to build a global immune system.
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Alice Lowe
English Actress
Women often have a fraught relationship with their mothers, even though that's the most important relationship in their lives.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
With age, life becomes complex and difficult, often fraught with risk on several levels, from the practical to the fiscal.
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Jodie Turner-Smith
British Model
The racial dynamics over here are fraught. White supremacy is overt. It's the reason I don't want to raise my kids here.
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Ada Cambridge
English Writer
Have all the hopes of ages come to naught? Is life no more with noble meaning fraught?
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Richard Blumenthal
American Politician
Generally, social networking sites can be hugely promising and beneficial in opening new friendships and vistas and knowledge of the world, but they are also fraught with peril, when young people are reckless or headless.
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Deborah Tannen
American Sociologist
For each other, at each other: Sisters can be either or both. The same could be said of people in any close relationship. Yet there is something special about sisters - specially gratifying and specially fraught.
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Nell Newman
American Businesswoman
I think all family businesses are difficult and fraught with problems because you have that family relationship to get over. But my dad has been so supportive, we've managed to work around that.
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Roxane Gay
American Writer
A lot of ink is given over to mythologizing female friendships as curious, fragile relationships that are always intensely fraught. Stop reading writing that encourages this mythology.
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G-Dragon
South Korean Musician
People may see me as a luxurious star, but I am always thinking I can be represented by my psychological world that is fraught with vanity, loneliness, and always feels inadequate.
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Nathan Wolfe
American Scientist
We live in a world fraught with risk from new pandemics. Fortunately, we also now live in an era with the tools to build a global immune system.
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Alice Lowe
English Actress
Women often have a fraught relationship with their mothers, even though that's the most important relationship in their lives.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
With age, life becomes complex and difficult, often fraught with risk on several levels, from the practical to the fiscal.
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Jodie Turner-Smith
British Model
The racial dynamics over here are fraught. White supremacy is overt. It's the reason I don't want to raise my kids here.
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Ada Cambridge
English Writer
Have all the hopes of ages come to naught? Is life no more with noble meaning fraught?
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