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February 6, 2023

Word of the Day: Fraught

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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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