fraught
adjective
full of, accompanied by, or involving something specified, usually something unpleasant (often followed bywith ): her pain-fraught body; a gathering fraught with joyful sounds.
overfraught
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a word derived from
fraught.
Example Sentences
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Like the pangs of conscience during a hangover, these words of wise old Bernard Baruch in mid-1946 were perhaps overfraught with a sense of guilt.
From Time Magazine Archive
All the time, our overfraught hearts are beating at a rate that would far outstrip the fastest gallop of the fastest horses ever foaled.
From A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
