haggard
21haggard — [[t]hæ̱gə(r)d[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who looks haggard has a tired expression and shadows under their eyes, especially because they are ill or have not had enough sleep. He was pale and a bit haggard... Nick glanced around at the haggard faces… …
22haggard — haggardly, adv. haggardness, n. /hag euhrd/, adj. 1. having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn: the haggard faces of the tired troops. 2. wild; wild looking: haggard eyes. 3. Falconry …
23haggard — 1. adjective a) Looking exhausted and unwell, in poor condition b) Wild or untamed 2. noun a) A stackyard, an enclosure on a far …
24haggard — [16] Haggard was originally a falconer’s term for a hawk as yet untamed. It has been suggested that its ultimate source was Germanic *khag , which also produced English hedge, the implication being that a haggard was a hawk that sat in a hedge… …
25haggard — [16] Haggard was originally a falconer’s term for a hawk as yet untamed. It has been suggested that its ultimate source was Germanic *khag , which also produced English hedge, the implication being that a haggard was a hawk that sat in a hedge… …
26haggard — I. adjective Etymology: Middle French hagard Date: 1567 1. of a hawk not tamed 2. a. wild in appearance b. having a worn or emaciated appearance ; gaunt < haggard faces looked up sadly from out of the straw W. M. Thackeray > …
27haggard — adj. Haggard is used with these nouns: ↑face …
28haggard — adjective 1》 looking exhausted and unwell. 2》 (of a hawk) caught and trained as an adult. noun a haggard hawk. Derivatives haggardly adverb haggardness noun Origin C16: from Fr. hagard; perh. related to hedge …
29haggard — adjective having lines on your face and dark marks around your eyes, especially because you are ill, worried, or have not had enough sleep: Suddenly, he was looking much older, his face haggard and unshaven …
30haggard — adjective he looked terrible, all pale and haggard Syn: drawn, tired, exhausted, drained, careworn, unwell, unhealthy, spent, washed out, run down; gaunt, pinched, peaked, hollow cheeked, hollow eyed, thin, emaciated, wasted …
