hag|gard

hag|gard
hag|gard «HAG uhrd», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. looking worn from pain, fatigue, worry, or hunger; worn by care; gaunt: »

The haggard faces of the rescued miners showed suffering.

SYNONYM(S): lean, thin, wasted, emaciated, hollow-eyed.
2. of a hawk: a) caught after having assumed the adult plumage. b) wild; untamed.
–n.
a haggard hawk.
╂[perhaps < Old French hagard, probably < a Germanic word]
–hag´gard|ly, adverb.
–hag´gard|ness, noun.

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  • hag´gard|ly — hag|gard «HAG uhrd», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. looking worn from pain, fatigue, worry, or hunger; worn by care; gaunt: »The haggard faces of the rescued miners showed suffering. SYNONYM(S): lean, thin, wasted, emaciated, hollow eyed. 2. of a hawk …   Useful english dictionary

  • hag´gard|ness — hag|gard «HAG uhrd», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. looking worn from pain, fatigue, worry, or hunger; worn by care; gaunt: »The haggard faces of the rescued miners showed suffering. SYNONYM(S): lean, thin, wasted, emaciated, hollow eyed. 2. of a hawk …   Useful english dictionary

  • hag·gard — …   Useful english dictionary

  • hag — hag·berry; hag·don; hag·ga·da; hag·ga·dist; hag·gis; hag·gish; hag·gler; hag·gy; hag·i·oc·ra·cy; hag·i·og·ra·pher; hag·i·o·graph·ic; hag·i·og·ra·phist; hag·i·og·rap·hy; hag·i·ol·a·ter; hag·i·ol·a·trous; hag·i·ol·a·try; hag·i·o·lith;… …   English syllables

  • gard — blag·gard; hil·gard·ite; lag·gard·ness; nig·gard·li·ness; nig·gard·ness; re·gard·able; re·gard·er; re·gard·ful; slug·gard·ly; slug·gard·ness; stag·gard; hag·gard; lag·gard; lag·gard·ly; nig·gard; nig·gard·ly; re·gard; re·gard·less; slug·gard;… …   English syllables

  • haggard — hag·gard …   English syllables

  • haggardly — hag·gard·ly …   English syllables

  • haggard — hag•gard [[t]ˈhæg ərd[/t]] adj. 1) gaunt, wasted, or exhausted in appearance, as from prolonged suffering or strain; worn: the haggard faces of refugees[/ex] 2) wild; wild looking • Etymology: 1560–70; orig., wild female hawk. See hag I, ard… …   From formal English to slang

  • Haggard, Sir (Henry)Rider — Hag·gard (hăgʹərd), Sir (Henry) Rider. 1856 1925. British writer whose romantic adventure novels include King Solomon s Mines (1885). * * * …   Universalium

  • haggard — hag|gard [ˈhægəd US ərd] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: hagard wild ] someone who looks haggard has lines on their face and dark marks around their eyes, especially because they are ill, worried, or tired ▪ Sam looked tired and haggard.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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