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wrought

  • adjective
  • /ɹɔːt/

Having been worked or prepared somehow.

Example

“Is that fence made out of wrought iron?”

Synonyms

  • shaped
  • molded

Related words

  • high-wrought
  • wrought iron
  • wrought-up

Word history

From Old English "wyrċan".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “wrought” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.