haggard

Plural: haggards

Noun

• An adult hawk that has caught its first prey.
• British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)
• A hunting bird captured as an adult.
• A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
• A fierce, intractable creature.
• A hag.
• A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.

Adjective Satellite

• showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; ; ; ; - Charles Dickens
  • "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"
• very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
  • "eyes were haggard and cavernous"

Adj

• Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
• Wild or untamed

Examples

• A gradual descent into a haggard and feeble state.
• a haggard or refractory hawk
• Despite its common adjective form, HAGGARD is a rare noun worth knowing for Words With Friends.
• Pale and haggard faces.
• The years of hardship made her look somewhat haggard.

Synonyms

bony, cadaverous, careworn, drawn, emaciated, gaunt, pinched, raddled, Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard, skeletal, wasted, worn

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