wrought

Also used as

wrought is also the simple past and past participle of work.

wrought is also the simple past and past participle of wreak.

Examples of wrought in a sentence

• The foundation of his institute has been wrought with difficulty.
• The destruction wrought by glide bombs is visible in towns and villages near the front line.
• Wrought iron is essentially iron that has been worked so that its carbon content is radically reduced.

All 39 example sentences with wrought

Antonyms of wrought

• unwrought

Forms of wrought

Origin of wrought

The past participle of Middle English worchen (“to work”), from Old English wyrċan (past tense worhte, past participle (ġe)worht; cf. also the metathetic variant (ġe)wroht), from Proto-West Germanic *wurkijan, from Proto-Germanic *wurkijaną (“to work”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to work”). Doublet of worked. Cognate with wright (as in wheelwright etc.), Dutch gewrocht, archaic past participle of werken (archaic past tense wrocht), Low German wracht, archaic past participle of warken (archaic past tense wrach, archaic past participle wracht).

Words formed from wrought

• high-wrought
• wrought iron
• wrought-up
• bewrought
• forewrought
• forwrought
• inwrought
• miswrought
• overwrought
• underwrought
• unwrought

Phrases with wrought

• wrought havoc
• wrought irons
• wrought wonders
• what hath God wrought

Words that rhyme with wrought

• taut
• dreadnought
• fraught
• thought
• bought
• ghat
• ought
• aught
• nought
• besought
• bethought
• caut

Questions about wrought

What does wrought mean?

Wrought means having been worked or prepared somehow.

What part of speech is wrought?

Wrought is an adjective.

How do you pronounce wrought?

Wrought is pronounced /ɹɔːt/ (UK).