wrought

View more Literature & Language videos

is an old past form and past participle of the verb work, surviving only in the term wrought iron, in the occasional variant wrought up (= worked up, i.e. agitated, nervous), and as a form of the expression work havoc (see wreak).

Previous:	wrong, write, writ large
Next:	wry, wych, y and i

Said of an object that has been shaped by beating with a hammer.

---

IN BRIEF: Shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort).

When we do the best we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. — Helen Keller (1880-1968).

Tutor's tip: Another word that sounds like wrought which means formed or shaped, is rot which means to go bad.

LearnThatWord.com is a free vocabulary and spelling program where you only pay for results!

See words rhyming with "wrought."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Wrought .

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - håndværks-

idioms:

• wrought iron    smedejern

Nederlands (Dutch)
bewerkt

Français (French)
adj. - travaillé, ouvragé, façonné, forgé

idioms:

• wrought iron    fer forgé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gearbeitet, geschmiedet

idioms:

• wrought iron    Schmiedeeisen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επεξεργασμένος, σφυρήλατος, κατεργασμένος

idioms:

• wrought iron    κατεργασμένος σίδηρος, σφυρήλατος σίδηρος

Italiano (Italian)
lavorato, battuto

idioms:

• wrought iron    ferro battuto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - manufaturado, trabalhado, ornado

idioms:

• wrought iron    ferro batido

Русский (Russian)
выделанный, отделанный, обработанный, кованый, катаный, обработаный давлением

idioms:

• wrought iron    сварочное железо

Español (Spanish)
adj. - trabajado, labrado, forjado, hecho al martillo, elaborado

idioms:

• wrought iron    hierro forjado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - bearbetad

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
精巧的, 作成的

idioms:

• wrought iron    铸铁, 锻铁

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 精巧的, 作成的

idioms:

• wrought iron    鑄鐵, 鍛鐵

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 가공한, 단련한, 정교한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 作った, 細工した, 手の込んだ

idioms:

• wrought iron    錬鉄

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) معمول, مشكل, مخلوق, منمق, مطرز, مشغول‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עשוי, מעובד, מעוצב, מרוקע‬

If you are unable to view some languages clearly, click here.