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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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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. at your worst idiom. be dead on your feet idiom. be fit/ready to drop idiom.
noun. 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.
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.
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. at your worst idiom. be dead on your feet idiom. be fit/ready to drop idiom.
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. 4. falconry.
Definition of haggard adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
