fraught

Meaning

Adj

1. Of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo.
2. Followed by with: carrying, or charged or loaded up with (usually something negative); accompanied by; entailing.
3. Carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress, for example, due to complexity or difficulty; distressed; also, causing distress; distressing.
4. Followed by with: furnished, provided.

Noun

1. (obsolete) The hire of a boat or ship to transport cargo.
2. (obsolete) Money paid to hire a vessel for this purpose; freight.
3. (obsolete) The transportation of goods, especially in a boat or ship.
4. (obsolete) A ship's cargo; freight, lading.
5. (obsolete) Two bucketfuls.
6. (obsolete) A burden, a load.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To load (a boat, ship, or other vessel) with cargo.
2. To burden or load (someone or something).
3. Followed by with: to furnish or provide (something).
4. (obsolete) To hire (a vessel) to transport cargo or passengers.
5. (obsolete) To transport (cargo or passengers) in a vessel; to freight.
6. (obsolete) To form the cargo or passengers of a vessel.

Synonyms

pregnant

uneasy

stricken

loaded

filled

full

laden

distressed

stressful

harassed

haunted

inundated

oppressive

queasy

replete

solicitous

stuffy

teeming

thick with

worried

😟

afraid

hot and bothered

awash

awkward

brimful

concerned

crowded

daunted

draft

fully-fledged

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɹɔːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: fraughten

Inherited from Middle English: fraught

In summary

The verb is derived from Middle English fraughten, fraghten, freghten (“to hire (a ship, etc.) for transporting goods; to load (a ship, etc.) with cargo or passengers; to store, stow away; (figurative) to provide an ample supply of (goods, income, etc.)”), from Middle Dutch vrachten, vrechten, from vracht, vrecht (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming infinitives of verbs).
The adjective is derived from Middle English fraught, fraght (“burdened, loaded”), the past participle of fraughten, fraghten (verb) (see above).