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

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

Going on record to say the absence of a particular player is a boost to the opposition is fraught with danger.

From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025

On day one, England's batting seemed fraught with danger, never far from the threat of implosion.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025

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

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