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high-wrought

[ hahy-rawt ]

/ ˈhaɪˈrɔt /

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adjective

highly agitated; overwrought.

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Origin of high-wrought

First recorded in 1595–1605

Words nearby high-wrought

highway patrol, highway robbery, high wine, high wire, high-wire act, high-wrought, High Wycombe, high yellow, Higoumenakia sign, H.I.H., hi-hat

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Example sentences from the Web for high-wrought

From 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

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