Meaning & use
wrought
Shaped or hammered into form, especially describing metal that has been carefully worked by hand.
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The garden gate was made of beautifully wrought iron scrollwork.
Antique shops sell beautiful hand-wrought jewelry crafted by local silversmiths.
A note on using this word
"Wrought" is the old past tense of "work," and it survives mainly in "wrought iron" and phrases like "wrought havoc," meaning caused.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
Caused or brought about, especially something significant or drastic (an archaic past tense of "work").
The powerful storm wrought serious damage along the entire coastline.
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