Meanings
adjectiveupwrought (comparative more upwrought, superlative most upwrought)
comparative more upwrought · superlative most upwrought
- wrought-up
For a short time he served his father as timekeeper in a lumber yard in North Dakota — a miserable experience for him, as can readily be imagined. He came home unhappy, in a nervously upwrought state, began to shun his former associates […]
1934, Oscar W. Firkins, Memoirs and Letters
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upwrought. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upwrought
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“upwrought.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upwrought. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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