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high-wrought

high-wrought adjective: made or constructed with exquisite skill.

Adjective

high-wrought (comparative more high-wrought, superlative most high-wrought)

  1. Made or constructed with exquisite skill.
  2. In a state of agitation.

Forms of high-wrought

comparativemore high-wrought
superlativemost high-wrought

Questions about high-wrought

What does high-wrought mean?
High-wrought means made or constructed with exquisite skill.
What part of speech is high-wrought?
High-wrought is an adjective.

Words near high-wrought in the dictionary

  1. high-wire walker
  2. high-wire walkers
  3. high-wire-walker
  4. high-wire-walkers
  5. high-wires
  6. high-wrought
  7. high/low
  8. Higham
  9. Higham Ferrers
  10. Highams
  11. Highams Park

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