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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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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.
looking ill or tired, often with dark skin under the eyes: He'd been drinking the night before and was looking a bit haggard. Synonyms. careworn. emaciated formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Tired and making tired. all in. anti-fatigue.
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 definition: having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn. See examples of HAGGARD used in a sentence.
haggard. ( ˈhæɡəd) adj. 1. careworn or gaunt, as from lack of sleep, anxiety, or starvation. 2. wild or unruly. 3. (Falconry) (of a hawk) having reached maturity in the wild before being caught. n. (Falconry) falconry a hawk that has reached maturity before being caught.
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.
haggard. 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.
Having a wild, wasted, worn look, as from sleeplessness, grief, or illness; gaunt; drawn. Webster's New World. Synonyms: worn. raddled. drawn. careworn. skeletal. pinched. cadaverous. emaciated. wasted. gaunt. bony. thin. harrowed. fatigued. exhausted.
Definition of haggard adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
hag•gard (hag′ ərd), adj. having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn: the haggard faces of the tired troops. wild; wild-looking: haggard eyes. Sport [ Falconry.](esp. of a hawk caught after it has attained adult plumage) untamed. n.
