FRAUGHT

fraught

(adjective) marked by distress; “a fraught mother-daughter relationship”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

fraught (usually uncountable, plural fraughts)

(obsolete) The hire of a ship or boat to transport cargo.

(obsolete) Money paid to hire a ship or boat to transport cargo; freight

(obsolete) The transportation of goods, especially in a ship or boat.

(obsolete) A ship's cargo, lading or freight.

(Scotland) A load; a burden.

(Scotland) Two bucketfuls (of water).

Etymology 2

Verb

fraught (third-person singular simple present fraughts, present participle fraughting, simple past and past participle fraughted)

(transitive, obsolete except in past participle) To load (a ship, cargo etc.).

(intransitive, obsolete) To form the cargo of a vessel.

Adjective

fraught (comparative more fraught, superlative most fraught)

(of a cargo-carrier) Laden.

(figuratively, with with) Loaded up or charged with; accompanied by; entailing.

(with with) Furnished, equipped.

Distressed or causing distress, for example through complexity.

Source: Wiktionary

Fraught, n. Etym: [OE.fraight, fraght; akin to Dan. fragt, Sw. frakt, D. vracht, G. fracht, cf. OHG. fr merit, reward; perh. from corresponding to E. for + The root of E. own. Cf. Freight.]

Definition: A freight; a cargo. [Obs.] Shak.

Fraught, a.

Definition: Freighted; laden; filled; stored; charged. A vessel of our country richly fraught. Shak. A discourse fraught with all the commending excellences oSouth. Enterprises fraught with world-wide benefits. I. Taylor.

Fraught, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fraughted or Fraught; p. pr. & vb. n. Fraughting.] Etym: [Akin to Dan. fragte, Sw. frakta, D. bevrachten, G. frachten, cf. OHG. frehton to deserve. See Fraught, n.]

Definition: To freight; to load; to burden; to fill; to crowd. [Obs.] Upon the tumbling billows fraughted ride The armed ships. Fairfax.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition