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- Dictionaryhaggard/ˈhaɡəd/
adjective
- 1. looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering: "she was pale and haggard"
- 2. (of a hawk) caught for training as a wild adult of more than twelve months.
noun
- 1. a haggard hawk.
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HAGGARD definition: 1. looking ill or tired, often with dark skin under the eyes: 2. looking ill or tired, often with…. Learn more.
1. : an adult hawk caught wild. 2. obsolete : an intractable person. Synonyms. Adjective. cadaverous. emaciated. gaunt. skeletal. wasted. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of haggard in a Sentence.
Someone who looks haggard has a tired expression and shadows under their eyes, especially because they are ill or have not had enough sleep. He was pale and a bit haggard. Nick glanced around at the haggard faces watching him.
looking ill or tired, often with dark skin under the eyes: He'd been drinking the night before and was looking a little haggard. Synonyms. careworn. emaciated formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Tired and making tired. all in. anti-fatigue. at your worst idiom. be dead on your feet idiom. be fit/ready to drop idiom.
Someone who is haggard looks exhausted and worn out, exactly how you'd expect someone who's been lost at sea for days to look. A haggard appearance is usually the result of a long, harrowing ordeal, like getting lost in the woods or being stranded in the woods for days.
haggard - very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
Definition of haggard adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There are eight meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective haggard, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. haggard has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
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HAGGARD meaning: looking very thin and tired especially from great hunger, worry, or pain.
