Haggard

/'hægəd/
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Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Looking exhausted and unwell, especially from fatigue, worry, or hunger: "haggard" describes a person's face or appearance as gaunt, worn, and showing signs of severe strain.
    • Wild or untamed (archaic, used for animals, especially hawks): In older usage, "haggard" described a wild hawk caught as an adult and therefore difficult to train.

  2. Noun (Proper):

    • Sir Henry Rider Haggard: A 19th-century British author famous for adventure novels set in exotic locations.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • After three sleepless nights caring for the baby, she looked pale and haggard.
    • The refugees were haggard from their long and difficult journey.
    • His haggard expression revealed the stress of the past week.

  • Noun (Proper):

    • H. Rider Haggard is best known for his novel "King Solomon's Mines".
Advanced Usage
  • "Haggard with": used to specify the cause of the exhausted appearance.
    • Her face was haggard with grief after the loss.
  • "Grow/Become haggard": describes the process of acquiring this worn look.
    • Over the months of the crisis, the prime minister grew visibly haggard.
Variants and Related Words
  • Haggardly (adverb): in a haggard manner.
    • He smiled haggardly, his eyes full of fatigue.
  • Haggardness (noun): the state or quality of being haggard.
    • The haggardness of his features was shocking to his friends.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Gaunt, drawn, careworn, worn, exhausted, emaciated, cadaverous.
  • Noun (Author): (No direct synonyms; the proper name refers to a specific individual.)
Antonyms
  • Adjective: Rested, fresh, healthy, robust, radiant, vigorous.
Related Phrases and Idioms

(Note: "Haggard" itself is not commonly used in phrasal verbs or idioms. Its use is primarily descriptive.) - "To look haggard": A common phrase using the word. - You look haggard; you should get some rest.

Adjective
  1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
    • emaciated bony hands
    • a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
    • eyes were haggard and cavernous
    • small pinched faces
    • kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
  2. showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
    • looking careworn as she bent over her mending
    • her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness
    • that raddled but still noble face
    • shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face- Charles Dickens
Noun
  1. British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)

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