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

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fraught with danger

To continue it looks increasingly challenging, but to end it is also fraught with danger.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

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

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025

The impending arrival of hot Santa Ana winds — combined with two years of overgrown vegetation — all but ensure that this fall will be fraught with danger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024

Few moments are more taut with emotion or more fraught with danger than the medal ceremonies at the Olympic Games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 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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