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View usage for: (hægəʳd) adjectiveSomeone 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. Synonyms: gaunt, wasted, drawn, thin More Synonyms of haggard haggard in British English 1 (ˈhæɡəd) adjective1. careworn or gaunt, as from lack of sleep, anxiety, or starvation 3. (of a hawk) having reached maturity in the wild before being caught noun4. falconry a hawk that has reached maturity before being caught Compare eyas, passage hawk Derived forms haggardly (ˈhaggardly) adverb haggardness (ˈhaggardness) noun Word origin C16: from Old French hagard wild; perhaps related to hedgehaggard in British English 2 (ˈhæɡərd) noun(in Ireland and the Isle of Man) an enclosure beside a farmhouse in which crops are stored Word origin C16: related to Old Norse heygarthr, from hey hay + garthr yard Haggard in British English (ˈhæɡəd) noun Sir (Henry) Rider. 1856–1925, British author of romantic adventure stories, including King Solomon's Mines (1885) Haggard in American English (ˈhægərd) Sir H(enry) Rider1856-1925; Eng. novelist haggard in American English (ˈhægərd) adjective1. Falconry designating a hawk captured after reaching maturity 3. b. having a wild, wasted, worn look, as from sleeplessness, grief, or illness; gaunt; drawn noun4. Falconry a haggard hawk Derived forms haggardly (ˈhaggardly) adverb haggardness (ˈhaggardness) noun Word origin MFr hagard, untamed, untamed hawk Examples of 'haggard' in a sentencehaggard Definition looking tired and ill He was pale and a bit haggard. Synonyms wasted thin wrinkled ghastly wan shrunken hollow-eyed Opposites fresh , robust , vigorous , energetic , hale , sleek , brisk , bright-eyed Additional synonymsDefinition showing signs of stress or worry Their faces look old and careworn. Synonyms stressed, drawn, strained, anxious, distraught, haggard, overburdened, heavy-laden Definition haggard, tired, or tense in appearance She looked drawn and tired. Synonyms tense, worn, strained, stressed, tired, pinched, fatigued, harassed, fraught, sapped, harrowed, haggardDefinition extremely thin through illness or lack of food We were shocked by the emaciated faces in the photo. Synonyms skeletal, thin, weak, lean, pinched, skinny, wasted, gaunt, bony, haggard, atrophied, scrawny, attenuate, attenuated, undernourished, scraggy, half-starved, cadaverous, macilent (rare) - haemorrhage
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