overfraught
overfraught is the past participle of overfreight.
Meaning of overfreight
Verb
overfreight (third-person singular simple present overfreights, present participle overfreighting, simple past overfreighted, past participle overfraught)
Adjective
overfraught (comparative more overfraught, superlative most overfraught)
- Full of distress; overloaded with cares or worries.
- MALCOLM. Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Whispers the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount... - All the time, our overfraught hearts are beating at a rate that would far outstrip the fastest gallop of the fastest horses ever foaled.1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC
- MALCOLM. Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak
Forms of overfraught
| comparative | more overfraught |
|---|---|
| superlative | most overfraught |
Questions about overfraught
- What does overfraught mean?
- Overfraught means full of distress; overloaded with cares or worries.
- What is overfraught the past participle of?
- Overfraught is the past participle of overfreight.
- What part of speech is overfraught?
- Overfraught is an adjective.
Words near overfraught in the dictionary
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