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Defenition of the word haggard

    • Defenition of the word haggard

      • Looking exhausted and unwell.
      • 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"
      • 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
      • British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)
      • 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"
      • 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 fa
      • very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
      • showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering

    Synonyms for the word haggard

      • bony
      • cadaverous
      • careworn
      • drawn
      • emaciated
      • exhausted
      • faded
      • fatigued
      • gaunt
      • pinched
      • raddled
      • skeletal
      • tired
      • wasted
      • worn
      • worn-down

    Similar words in the haggard

      • haggard
      • lean
      • thin
      • tired

    Hypernyms for the word haggard

      • author
      • surname
      • writer

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