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haggard

1

[ hag-erd ]

adjective

  1. having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn:

    the haggard faces of the tired troops.

    Synonyms: hollow-eyed, drawn, emaciated

    Antonyms: robust

  2. Archaic. wild; wild-looking:

    haggard eyes.

  3. Falconry. (especially of a hawk caught after it has attained adult plumage) untamed.


noun

  1. Falconry. a wild or untamed hawk caught after it has assumed adult plumage.

Haggard

2

[ hag-erd ]

noun

  1. (Sir) H(enry) Rider, 1856–1925, English novelist.

Haggard

1

/ ˈhæɡəd /

noun

  1. HaggardSir (Henry) Rider18561925MBritishWRITING: adventure story writer Sir ( Henry ) Rider . 1856–1925, British author of romantic adventure stories, including King Solomon's Mines (1885)


haggard

2

/ ˈhæɡərd /

noun

  1. (in Ireland and the Isle of Man) an enclosure beside a farmhouse in which crops are stored

haggard

3

/ ˈhæɡəd /

adjective

  1. careworn or gaunt, as from lack of sleep, anxiety, or starvation
  2. wild or unruly
  3. (of a hawk) having reached maturity in the wild before being caught

noun

  1. falconry a hawk that has reached maturity before being caught Compare eyas passage hawk

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Derived Forms

  • ˈhaggardly, adverb
  • ˈhaggardness, noun

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Other Words From

  • haggard·ly adverb
  • haggard·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of haggard1

First recorded in 1560–70; originally, “wild female hawk”; hag 1, -ard

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Word History and Origins

Origin of haggard1

C16: related to Old Norse heygarthr, from hey hay + garthr yard

Origin of haggard2

C16: from Old French hagard wild; perhaps related to hedge

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Example Sentences

After the longest regular season in history, it looked like a haggard, overextended league.

As 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.

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She 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.

Next day, DSK was perp-walking his way, haggard and grizzled, into infamy.

Now you can summon them instantly on your screen, and track their new life post-you… Is he looking older, more haggard?

Or of the fact that Haggard was a Hillary supporter and wrote a song endorsing her candidacy?

Looking 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.

His lordship retired shortly to his study, Hetton and Mr. Haggard betook themselves to the billiard-room.

But we must not class in this unclean category Lord Spunyarn and his friend Haggard, who were both playing at the big table.

Haggard merely played for the excitement, and Spunyarn because it was a lesser bore to play than to look on.

Three more coups are played, each of which the banker, that is to say Haggard, wins.

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