haggard
having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn: the haggard faces of the tired troops.
Archaic. wild; wild-looking: haggard eyes.
Falconry. (especially of a hawk caught after it has attained adult plumage) untamed.
Falconry. a wild or untamed hawk caught after it has assumed adult plumage.
Origin of haggard
1Other words for haggard
Opposites for haggard
Other words from haggard
- hag·gard·ly, adverb
- hag·gard·ness, noun
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Other definitions for Haggard (2 of 2)
(Sir) H(enry) Rider, 1856–1925, English novelist.
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How to use haggard in a sentence
After the longest regular season in history, it looked like a haggard, overextended league.
The NFL chose quantity over quality, and its product suffered | Jerry Brewer | January 18, 2022 | Washington PostAs the slow rescue effort dragged on, haggard emergency workers, who have been toiling in 12-hour shifts, stopped by to pause by the memorial wall for a moment, arms crossed.
Miami Is Used to Disasters. The Surfside Collapse Felt Different | Vera Bergengruen / Surfside, Florida | June 29, 2021 | TimeShe was 14 years old and running around with all those old haggard cowboys, like Merle and Willie Nelson and all of them.
He took the techniques of H. Rider haggard and Jules Verne and brought them into the 20th century.
Can Tarzan of the Apes Survive in a Post-Colonial World? | Ted Gioia | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNext day, DSK was perp-walking his way, haggard and grizzled, into infamy.
French Political Sex Movie About DSK Sets Cannes Aquiver | Tracy McNicoll | May 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Now you can summon them instantly on your screen, and track their new life post-you… Is he looking older, more haggard?
Psychologists View Both Divorce and Marriage as Major Life Stresses | Emma Woolf | May 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOr of the fact that haggard was a Hillary supporter and wrote a song endorsing her candidacy?
Vince Gill Confronts Fringe Groups and Gives Country Some Cred | Malcolm Jones | September 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLooking haggard and ridiculous—this “Amanda Bynes or Gandalf?”
It was with a feeling of relief on both sides that the arrival of Mr. haggard, of the Home Office, was announced.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsHis lordship retired shortly to his study, Hetton and Mr. haggard betook themselves to the billiard-room.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsBut we must not class in this unclean category Lord Spunyarn and his friend haggard, who were both playing at the big table.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James Willshaggard merely played for the excitement, and Spunyarn because it was a lesser bore to play than to look on.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsThree more coups are played, each of which the banker, that is to say haggard, wins.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James Wills
British Dictionary definitions for haggard (1 of 3)
/ (ˈhæɡəd) /
careworn or gaunt, as from lack of sleep, anxiety, or starvation
wild or unruly
(of a hawk) having reached maturity in the wild before being caught
falconry a hawk that has reached maturity before being caught: Compare eyas, passage hawk
Origin of haggard
1Derived forms of haggard
- haggardly, adverb
- haggardness, noun
British Dictionary definitions for haggard (2 of 3)
/ (ˈhæɡərd) /
(in Ireland and the Isle of Man) an enclosure beside a farmhouse in which crops are stored
Origin of haggard
2British Dictionary definitions for Haggard (3 of 3)
/ (ˈhæɡəd) /
Sir (Henry) Rider . 1856–1925, British author of romantic adventure stories, including King Solomon's Mines (1885)
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