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[ hahy-rawt ] / ˈhaɪˈrɔt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR high-wrought ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehighly agitated; overwrought. Origin of high-wroughtFirst recorded in 1595–1605 Words nearby high-wroughthighway patrol, highway robbery, high wine, high wire, high-wire act, high-wrought, High Wycombe, high yellow, Higoumenakia sign, H.I.H., hi-hat Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for high-wroughtFrom this high-wrought picture, one would suppose that we were in a condition the most deplorable of any people upon earth. Pamphlets On The Constitution Of The United States|Various The death of Wallenstein does not cause tears; but it is perhaps the most high-wrought scene of the play. The Life of Friedrich Schiller|Thomas Carlyle Blank verse is judiciously mingled with lyric meters, which are only introduced at moments of high-wrought feeling. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature|John Addington Symonds She understood not his high-wrought scruples, his self-deluding belief. Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
"Gie's yer haun, my frien," said the man who had whispered in Jamie's ear, with an air of high-wrought enthusiasm. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland|Various
Words related to high-wroughtbeautiful, gilded, glamorous, lavish, sumptuous, sparkling, magnificent, opulent, elegant, fancy, baroque, rococo, gaudy, embroidered, aureate, bright, brilliant, busy, colored, convoluted |