Meaning

Having been worked or prepared somehow..

Definitions by Sense

1. Having been worked or prepared somehow.
2. (rare, archaic) simple past and past participle of work
3. (see usage notes) simple past and past participle of wreak

Example Sentences

Is that fence made out of wrought iron?

What hath God wrought?

My mariners, / Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me—

It was no very easy task, for the skiff lay amidships and was full of hamper, and the breaking of the heavier seas continually forced us to give over and hold on; but we all wrought like horses while we could.

I need not describe his attainments as sheep-farmer or shepherd; he scarcely learned the barest rudiments; and the sage master of Clachlands trusted him only when he wrought under his own vigilant eye.

That world in torment, those countless hands stretched upward in appeal, that murmur of infinite pain, the cry of the hungry, of the widow, of men sitting by tireless hearths, of children dying in mill and mine—the picture wrought on her so strongly, that she could not rest.

Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. The early, intense onset of the monsoon on June 14th swelled rivers, washing away roads, bridges, hotels and even whole villages. Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.

The goldsmiths who wrought the gold, those were Medes and Egyptians. The men who wrought the wood, those were Sardians and Egyptians. The men who wrought the baked brick, those were Babylonians.

Word Forms

• more wrought
• most wrought

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When Should You Use Wrought?

Use wrought when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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