fraught
Full of worry or danger.
fraught in a sentence
- The journey across the icy mountain pass was fraught with danger.
- Her first week at the new school was fraught with worry, from wrong classrooms to forgotten passwords.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to fraught?
- Atense
- Bpeaceful
- Ccalm
- Drelaxed
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A: tense. The other three mean the opposite of fraught.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to fraught?
- Astressful
- Bworried
- Ccalm
- Dtense
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C: calm. The other three mean nearly the same as fraught.
Words that mean something similar
tense, worried, stressful
Words that mean the opposite
calm, peaceful, relaxed
More words about emotions & feelings
- frenzy: A burst of wild, out-of-control excitement or activity.
- fret: To keep worrying about something.
- fume: To be very angry, often without saying anything.
- furious: Wildly angry, so cross that you can hardly keep calm.
- glee: A feeling of great delight and excitement.
- glum: Quietly sad and in low spirits.
- gratitude: A feeling of being thankful.
- grieve: To feel very sad because something or someone has been lost.
More words to explore
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Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test