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upwrought

upwrought adjective: wrought-up.

Adjective

upwrought (comparative more upwrought, superlative most upwrought)

  1. wrought-up
    • For a short time he served his father as timekeeper in a lumber yard in North Dakota — a miserable experience for him, as can readily be imagined. He came home unhappy, in a nervously upwrought state, began to shun his former associates […]1934, Oscar W. Firkins, Memoirs and Letters

Forms of upwrought

comparativemore upwrought
superlativemost upwrought

Origin of upwrought

From up- + wrought.

Questions about upwrought

What does upwrought mean?
Upwrought means wrought-up.
What part of speech is upwrought?
Upwrought is an adjective.

Words near upwrought in the dictionary

  1. upwreaths
  2. upwrench
  3. upwrenched
  4. upwrenches
  5. upwrenching
  6. upwrought
  7. upyield
  8. upyielded
  9. upyielding
  10. upyields
  11. upz

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