fraught with danger

ADJECTIVE

risky

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delicate dicey hazardous perilous precarious sensitive speculative treacherous tricky uncertain unhealthy unsafe unsound

WEAK

chancy endangered going for broke hairy hanging by a thread iffy insecure jeopardous long shot not a prayer off the deep end on slippery ground on thin ice on-the-spot out on a limb playing with fire rocky ticklish touch-and-go touchy venturesome wicked wide-open

Antonyms

STRONGEST

certain definite harmless healthy honest insensitive protected safe secure stable strong sure well

WEAK

assured

Example Sentences

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Both Utako and Fuki chase after human connections fraught with danger, each trying to insulate themselves from the tragedy waiting at home.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

"You could give yourself more or less than intended and that is fraught with danger," explaining that usually, weight-loss jabs come already mixed and measured.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

"Trying to play the market in this environment is fraught with danger," he added.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025

We both survived childhoods fraught with danger, though mine wasn’t as dramatic or brutal as Carr’s.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2024

We always tend to think of the past as “the good old days,” while the future seems fraught with danger.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

fraught with danger

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