What (who) is haggard - definition
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Haggard (disambiguation)
haggard
¦ 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.
haggard
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...
ADJ
haggard
a.
1.
Wild, wayward, intractable, unruly, refractory, untamed, not domesticated.
2.
Gaunt, lean, meagre, spare, worn, wasted, rawboned.
Pronunciation examples for haggard
1. grew haggard and limp.
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2. I was the haggard old babe.
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3. like Henry Rider Haggard, and Arthur Conan Doyle, and others.
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4. come in and just have this really haggard look,
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5. and the haggard clerk turns to my niece and says,
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Examples of use of haggard
1. Haggard denies these accusations. (Read full story about Haggard) When Jones came forward this week, Haggard denied knowing him –– until Jones released recordings of voicemails Haggard had left him.
2. Haggard and his wife, Gayle Haggard, are undergoing three weeks of counseling at an undisclosed center in Arizona.
3. Ted Haggard was dismissed after a former male escort claimed Haggard paid him over three years for sex.
4. Conservative Christian leaders rallied around Haggard.
5. Roane County Sheriff David Haggard said the guards were ambushed.