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Word of the Day : February 6, 2023
fraught \FRAWT\ adjective
What It Means
Fraught means “causing or having a lot of emotional stress or worry.” When fraught is used in the phrase “fraught with,” it means “full of something bad or unwanted.”
// Ever since their cat went missing, the atmosphere in their apartment has been fraught.
// The paper was poorly researched and fraught with errors.
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Aired February 6, 2023
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