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Father is on top of anything causing distress
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fraught
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Fraught \Fraught\ (fr[add]t), n. [OE.fraight, fraght; akin to Dan. fragt, Sw. frakt, D. vracht, G. fracht, cf. OHG. fr[=e]ht merit, reward; perh. from a pref. corresponding to E. for + The root of E. own. Cf. Freight .] A freight; a cargo. [Obs.] --Shak.
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adj. marked by distress; "a fraught mother-daughter relationship" filled with or attended with; "words fraught with meaning"; "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with suspense" [syn: fraught(p) , pregnant ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be fraught with danger (= involve a lot of danger ) ▪ Their journey was long and fraught with danger. be fraught with difficulties (= involve a lot of them ) ▪ The whole plan was fraught with difficulties. fraught ...
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