fraught

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore F words

filled with or causing anxiety, tension, or difficulty

In a sentence

Fraught in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing fraught in a sentence.

The negotiations were fraught with mutual suspicion from the start.

Synonyms

tenseanxiousladen

Antonyms

calmuntroubledrelaxed

Keep going

to make up something false in order to deceive

a deliberately false statement or invented account intended to mislead

a person who invents elaborate or untruthful stories

treating serious matters with inappropriate or flippant humor

achieved too easily and therefore superficial or shallow

to make an action or process easier or more achievable

a small, organized group within a larger one, especially one that is in opposition

inclined to form rival groups and provoke internal dissent

Common questions

Fraught (adjective) means filled with or causing anxiety, tension, or difficulty

Here is fraught used in an example sentence: "The negotiations were fraught with mutual suspicion from the start."

Common synonyms for fraught include tense, anxious, laden.

Antonyms of fraught include calm, untroubled, relaxed.

Fraught is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.