Definitions for haggardˈhæg ərd
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
hag•gardˈhæg ərd(adj.)
gaunt, wasted, or exhausted in appearance, as from prolonged suffering or strain; worn:
the haggard faces of refugees.
wild; wild-looking.
Origin of haggard:
1560–70; orig., wild female hawk. See hag1, -ard
hag′gard•ness(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
Haggard, Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard(adj)
British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)
careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn(adj)
showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
"looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens
bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted(adj)
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"
Wiktionary
haggard(Noun)
A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.
"He tuk a slew [swerve] round the haggard"
haggard(Noun)
A hunting bird captured as an adult.
A "haggard" is a bird captured as an adult and therefore of unknown age; often, the law prohibits capturing birds of mating age. Falconry Pro
haggard(Adjective)
Looking exhausted and unwell, in poor condition
haggard(Adjective)
Wild or untamed
Webster Dictionary
Haggard(adj)
wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk
Haggard(adj)
having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes
Haggard(adj)
a young or untrained hawk or falcon
Haggard(adj)
a fierce, intractable creature
Haggard(adj)
a hag
Haggard(noun)
a stackyard
Translations for haggard
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
haggard(adjective)
(of a person) looking very tired and thin-faced, because of pain, worry etc
She looked haggard after a sleepless night.
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