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sought after

sought after is the alternative form of sought-after.

Meaning of sought-after

Adjective

sought-after (comparative more sought-after, superlative most sought-after)

  1. Popular, desired, in demand.
    • The vineyard of Château Margaux stands as the producer of one of the much sought-after red wines.

Questions about sought after

What is sought after the alternative form of?
Sought after is the alternative form of sought-after.

Words near sought after in the dictionary

  1. soughing
  2. soughings
  3. soughs
  4. sought
  5. sought a knot in a bulrush
  6. sought after
  7. sought for
  8. sought one's fortune
  9. sought one's virtuous couch
  10. sought out
  11. sought-after

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sought after (page history and authors); sought-after (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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