Wrought
adjective
Made,formed or worked on something.
He carefully examined the wrought iron gate.
Often appears as...
- wrought iron
- wrought havoc
verb
Caused to happen or occurred.
The alterations have wrought a huge improvement in the building's design.
Often appears as...
- wrought changes
- wrought transformation
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Formal, Approving
adjective
Very excited or disturbed, upset.
I was too wrought up to sleep.
Often appears as...
- become wrought up
- feel wrought up
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Disapproving
adjective
Made by hammering or heating.
A house with wrought iron railings.
Often appears as...
- wrought iron
- wrought gold
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Technical
adjective
Made,formed or worked on something.
He carefully examined the wrought iron gate.
Often appears as...
- wrought iron
- wrought havoc
verb
Caused to happen or occurred.
The alterations have wrought a huge improvement in the building's design.
Often appears as...
- wrought changes
- wrought transformation
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
adjective
Very excited or disturbed, upset.
I was too wrought up to sleep.
Often appears as...
- become wrought up
- feel wrought up
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Made by hammering or heating.
A house with wrought iron railings.
Often appears as...
- wrought iron
- wrought gold
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Artisan Quality
Implies objects made with skill and care, often by hand, making them unique or high-quality.
The wrought silverware had an exquisite, artisanal look.
Pro Tip 2/2Historical Connotation
Often used to describe metalwork from the past, invoking a traditional or antique feeling.
The museum displayed a collection of beautifully wrought armor.
Pro Tip 1/2Artisan Quality
Implies objects made with skill and care, often by hand, making them unique or high-quality.
The wrought silverware had an exquisite, artisanal look.
Pro Tip 2/2Historical Connotation
Often used to describe metalwork from the past, invoking a traditional or antique feeling.
The museum displayed a collection of beautifully wrought armor.
Pro Tip 1/2Artisan Quality
Implies objects made with skill and care, often by hand, making them unique or high-quality.
The wrought silverware had an exquisite, artisanal look.
Pro Tip 2/2Historical Connotation
Often used to describe metalwork from the past, invoking a traditional or antique feeling.
The museum displayed a collection of beautifully wrought armor.
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How a handful of fishing...
too often wrought by bigger industrial boats. These coastal people have the most to gain from conservation because, for many of them, fishing is all that keeps them from poverty, hunger or forced migration, in countries where the state is often unable to help. We know that the outlook is
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Jessica Jackley:...
I heard about things that were going wrong in the lives of the poor. I heard about disease, I heard about war -- they always seemed to be kind of related. And in general, I got this sort of idea that the poor in the world lived lives that were wrought with suffering and sadness,
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Is there a difference...
gold jewelery or wrought iron gates, would be known communally as artisans, and their works considered minor or decorative arts, connoting an inferior status and solidifying the distinction between art and craft that still persists in the Western world.
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Why should you read Toni...
about the suffering wrought by slavery and the wounds that persist in its wake. Published in 1987, "Beloved" tells the story of Sethe, a woman who escaped enslavement. When the novel opens, Sethe has been living free for over a decade.
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How we'll fight the next...
in this fight with us always, let us be in this fight with them always. And let us not let the world be defined by the destruction wrought by one virus, but illuminated by billions of hearts and minds working in unity. Thank you.
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Safari Live - Day 42 PIPE...
elephant's assassins that you see anywhere in the world are influenced heavily by the amount of well shall we say what's the word that I want to use the almost Holocaust I suppose of destruction wrought upon them by the
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Safari Live - Day 296 PIPE...
trauma that is going to characterize their lives as adult Lions in the same way that I try and not tell my nephew's lovely violence and trauma that humanity has wrought upon their world well so I'm
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Tut's Treasures PIPE...
them wrought in solid gold the Egyptians of Tutankhamun's era prized the precious metal because they believed it would survive for all eternity they called it the flesh of the gods
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Bog Mummies PIPE Explore:...
executed for crimes against society but today archeologists see something far more complex a harsh world wrought with uncertainty foreign invasion and premature death
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We the People, and the...
stopped in the street by a woman who said mr. Franklin what have you wrought Franklin said a republic madam if you can keep it a republic a representative
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How a handful of fishing...
too often wrought by bigger industrial boats. These coastal people have the most to gain from conservation because, for many of them, fishing is all that keeps them from poverty, hunger or forced migration, in countries where the state is often unable to help. We know that the outlook is
Video examples
Jessica Jackley:...
I heard about things that were going wrong in the lives of the poor. I heard about disease, I heard about war -- they always seemed to be kind of related. And in general, I got this sort of idea that the poor in the world lived lives that were wrought with suffering and sadness,
Video examples
Is there a difference...
gold jewelery or wrought iron gates, would be known communally as artisans, and their works considered minor or decorative arts, connoting an inferior status and solidifying the distinction between art and craft that still persists in the Western world.
Video examples
Why should you read Toni...
about the suffering wrought by slavery and the wounds that persist in its wake. Published in 1987, "Beloved" tells the story of Sethe, a woman who escaped enslavement. When the novel opens, Sethe has been living free for over a decade.
Video examples
How we'll fight the next...
in this fight with us always, let us be in this fight with them always. And let us not let the world be defined by the destruction wrought by one virus, but illuminated by billions of hearts and minds working in unity. Thank you.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 42 PIPE...
elephant's assassins that you see anywhere in the world are influenced heavily by the amount of well shall we say what's the word that I want to use the almost Holocaust I suppose of destruction wrought upon them by the
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 296 PIPE...
trauma that is going to characterize their lives as adult Lions in the same way that I try and not tell my nephew's lovely violence and trauma that humanity has wrought upon their world well so I'm
Video examples
Tut's Treasures PIPE...
them wrought in solid gold the Egyptians of Tutankhamun's era prized the precious metal because they believed it would survive for all eternity they called it the flesh of the gods
Video examples
Bog Mummies PIPE Explore:...
executed for crimes against society but today archeologists see something far more complex a harsh world wrought with uncertainty foreign invasion and premature death
Video examples
We the People, and the...
stopped in the street by a woman who said mr. Franklin what have you wrought Franklin said a republic madam if you can keep it a republic a representative
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Martin Van Buren
American President
Those who have wrought great changes in the world never succeeded by gaining over chiefs; but always by exciting the multitude. The first is the resource of intrigue and produces only secondary results, the second is the resort of genius and transforms the universe.
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Jim Nabors
American Actor
It is often pointed out to me that, in a brief time, I have gone from unknown film editor to star of 'Gomer Pyle,' guest star in two TV specials, and a night club headliner, and that this must necessarily have wrought some deep changes in me.
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Thomas Malory
English Author
Through this same man and me hath all this war been wrought, and the death of the most noblest knights of the world; for through our love that we have loved together is my most noble lord slain.
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Roger Allam
English Actor
Practice, learn the lines, work hard, don't be too respectful. Sometimes we can get too hung up on the fact that the material of the play is very finely wrought language.
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Samuel Butler
British Poet
Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.
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Pardis Sabeti
Iranian Scientist
Let us not let the world be defined by the destruction wrought by one virus, but illuminated by billions of hearts and minds working in unity.
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Stacey D'Erasmo
American Novelist
The deeper changes wrought by the end of a particular outlaw culture: something will come of that ... and it won't be what we expect.
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Helen Keller
American Author
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
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Cree Summer
American Actress
The Indians are a civilization wrought with culture and a beautiful, deep spirituality.
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Wilhelm von Humboldt
Russian Philosopher
Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take with us.
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Martin Van Buren
American President
Those who have wrought great changes in the world never succeeded by gaining over chiefs; but always by exciting the multitude. The first is the resource of intrigue and produces only secondary results, the second is the resort of genius and transforms the universe.
Quote examples
Jim Nabors
American Actor
It is often pointed out to me that, in a brief time, I have gone from unknown film editor to star of 'Gomer Pyle,' guest star in two TV specials, and a night club headliner, and that this must necessarily have wrought some deep changes in me.
Quote examples
Thomas Malory
English Author
Through this same man and me hath all this war been wrought, and the death of the most noblest knights of the world; for through our love that we have loved together is my most noble lord slain.
Quote examples
Roger Allam
English Actor
Practice, learn the lines, work hard, don't be too respectful. Sometimes we can get too hung up on the fact that the material of the play is very finely wrought language.
Quote examples
Samuel Butler
British Poet
Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things.
Quote examples
Pardis Sabeti
Iranian Scientist
Let us not let the world be defined by the destruction wrought by one virus, but illuminated by billions of hearts and minds working in unity.
Quote examples
Stacey D'Erasmo
American Novelist
The deeper changes wrought by the end of a particular outlaw culture: something will come of that ... and it won't be what we expect.
Quote examples
Helen Keller
American Author
When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another.
Quote examples
Cree Summer
American Actress
The Indians are a civilization wrought with culture and a beautiful, deep spirituality.
Quote examples
Wilhelm von Humboldt
Russian Philosopher
Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take with us.
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