fraught vs mad

fraught

adj
  • Laden. 

  • Distressed or causing distress, for example through complexity. 

  • Furnished, equipped. 

  • Loaded up or charged with; accompanied by; entailing. 

verb
  • To load (a ship, cargo etc.). 

noun
  • Two bucketfuls (of water). 

  • A load; a burden. 

mad

adj
  • Bizarre; incredible. 

  • Extremely foolish or unwise; irrational; imprudent. 

  • Having impaired polarity. 

  • Wildly confused or excited. 

  • Intensifier, signifying abundance or high quality of a thing; very, much or many. 

  • Abnormally ferocious or furious; or, rabid, affected with rabies. 

  • Insane; crazy, mentally deranged. 

  • Used litotically to indicate satisfaction or approval. 

  • Angry, annoyed. 

  • Extremely enthusiastic about; crazy about; infatuated with; overcome with desire for. 

adv
  • Intensifier; to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly; very; unbelievably. 

verb
  • To madden, to anger, to frustrate. 

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