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Haggard Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Haggard? [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" [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 Synonyms \| Synonyms for Haggard: bony \| cadaverous \| careworn \| drawn \| emaciated \| gaunt \| lean \| pinched \| raddled \| skeletal \| thin \| tired \| wasted \| worn Related Terms \| Find terms related to Haggard: abandoned \| achromatic \| achromic \| amok \| anemic \| angular \| ashen \| ashy \| attenuated \| bellowing \| berserk \| bigoted \| bled white \| bloodless \| blue \| cadaverous \| careworn \| carried away \| chloranemic \| colorless \| corpselike \| dead \| deadly \| deadly pale \| deathlike \| deathly \| deathly pale \| delirious \| demoniac \| dim \| dimmed \| dingy \| discolored \| distracted \| drawn \| dull \| ecstatic \| eerie \| emacerated \| emaciate \| emaciated \| enraptured \| etiolated \| exhausted \| exsanguinated \| exsanguine \| exsanguineous \| extravagant \| extreme \| extremist \| faded \| fagged \| faint \| fallow \| fanatic \| fatigued \| feral \| ferocious \| fierce \| flat \| frantic \| frenzied \| fulminating \| furious \| gaunt \| ghastly \| ghostlike \| ghostly \| gray \| grisly \| gruesome \| hog-wild \| hollow-eyed \| howling \| hueless \| hypochromic \| hysterical \| in a transport \| in hysterics \| inordinate \| intoxicated \| irrational \| jejune \| lackluster \| lank \| leaden \| lean \| livid \| lurid \| lusterless \| macabre \| mad \| madding \| maniac \| marantic \| marasmic \| mat \| mealy \| mortuary \| muddy \| neutral \| orgasmic \| orgiastic \| overenthusiastic \| overreligious \| overzealous \| pale \| pale as death \| pale-faced \| pallid \| pasty \| peaked \| peaky \| perfervid \| pinched \| played out \| poor \| possessed \| puny \| rabid \| raging \| ramping \| ranting \| ravaged \| raving \| ravished \| roaring \| run-down \| running mad \| sallow \| scraggy \| scrawny \| shriveled \| shrunken \| sickly \| skeletal \| skinny \| spare \| spent \| starved \| starveling \| storming \| tabetic \| tabid \| tallow-faced \| tired \| tired-eyed \| tired-faced \| tired-looking \| toneless \| transported \| ultrazealous \| uncanny \| uncolored \| uncontrollable \| underfed \| undernourished \| unearthly \| unreasonable \| violent \| wan \| washed-out \| wasted \| waxen \| weak \| wearied \| weary \| weary-looking \| weazeny \| weird \| whey-faced \| white \| wild \| wild-eyed \| wild-looking \| withered \| wizened \| worn \| worn-down \| wraithlike \| zealotic See Also \| Haggard In Webster's Dictionary \Hag"gard\, a. [F. hagard; of German origin, and prop. meaning, of the hegde or woods, wild, untamed. See {Hedge}, {1st Haw}, and {-ard}.] 1. Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. [For hagged, fr. hag a witch, influenced by haggard wild.] 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. Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look. --Dryden. \Hag"gard\, n. [See {Haggard}, a.] 1. (Falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon. 2. A fierce, intractable creature. I have loved this proud disdainful haggard. --Shak. 3. [See {Haggard}, a., 2.] A hag. [Obs.] --Garth. \Hag"gard\, n. [See {1st Haw}, {Hedge}, and {Yard} an inclosed space.] A stackyard. [Prov. Eng.] --Swift.

Haggard Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Haggard?

[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"
[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

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Haggard In Webster's Dictionary

\Hag"gard\, a. [F. hagard; of German origin, and prop.
meaning, of the hegde or woods, wild, untamed. See {Hedge},
{1st Haw}, and {-ard}.]
1. Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty;
   untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk. [Obs.] --Shak.

2. [For hagged, fr. hag a witch, influenced by haggard wild.]
   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.

         Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look.
                                               --Dryden.


\Hag"gard\, n. [See {Haggard}, a.]
1. (Falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.

2. A fierce, intractable creature.

         I have loved this proud disdainful haggard. --Shak.

3. [See {Haggard}, a., 2.] A hag. [Obs.] --Garth.


\Hag"gard\, n. [See {1st Haw}, {Hedge}, and {Yard} an
inclosed space.]
A stackyard. [Prov. Eng.] --Swift.

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