- fraught with danger
- An activity or situation that is fraught with danger is full of risks or serious difficulties.
His journey across the mountains was fraught with danger.
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fraught with danger
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fraught with danger — index aleatory (perilous), dangerous, insalubrious, insecure, noxious, precarious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C … Law dictionary
fraught with danger — dangerous, full of danger … English contemporary dictionary
fraught with — full of (something bad or unwanted) The situation was fraught with danger. [=very dangerous] The paper was poorly researched and fraught with errors. • • • Main Entry: ↑fraught … Useful english dictionary
Danger — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Danger >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 danger danger peril insecurity jeopardy risk hazard venture precariousness slipperiness Sgm: N 1 instability instability &c. 149 Sgm: N 1 … English dictionary for students
fraught — adj. (cannot stand alone) fraught with (the situation was fraught with danger) * * * [frɔːt] (cannot stand alone) fraught with (the situation was fraught with danger) … Combinatory dictionary
danger — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, considerable, enormous, extreme, grave, great, mortal, obvious, real, serious, significant … Collocations dictionary
fraught — /frɔt / (say frawt) adjective 1. complicated by various difficulties and uncertainties: the situation is fraught. 2. Colloquial upset; anxious; tense: to be feeling fraught. 3. Obsolete filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.… …
fraught — /frawt/, adj. 1. fraught with, full of; accompanied by; involving: a task fraught with danger. 2. Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares. n. 3. Scot. a load; cargo; freight (of a ship). [1300 50; ME < MD or MLG vracht… … Universalium
danger — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Exposure to injury Nouns 1. danger, peril, jeopardy, risk, hazard, threat, adventure, insecurity, precariousness, slipperiness; Russian roulette (see chance). 2. (vulnerability to danger) exposure,… … English dictionary for students
fraught — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, freight, load, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German vracht, vrecht Date: 14th century chiefly Scottish load, cargo II. transitive verb (fraughted or fraught; fraughting) Etymology: Middle English … New Collegiate Dictionary
