haggard
IPA: hˈægɝd
noun
- (falconry) A hunting bird captured as an adult.
- (falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
- (obsolete) A fierce, intractable creature.
- (obsolete) A hag.
- (dialect, Isle of Man, Ireland, Scotland) A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Gray County, Kansas, United States.
adjective
- Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
- (of an animal) Wild or untamed
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Examples of "haggard" in Sentences
- For months, the president had looked pale and haggard.
- He was skinnier, haggard, the fear evident in his eyes.
- One woman, Alexandra, turned up looking thin and haggard.
- A little haggard and unrepentant when reached on Thursday.
- For emphasis, the sleeve notes capitalize the H in Haggard.
- Looking haggard and pallid, he relates his unfortunate story.
- Cuthbert, along with the rest of the cast, was made up to look haggard.
- Appalled by their recriminations, the haggard playwright decides to skip town.
- Her haggard, careworn looks speak only too plainly of her dreadful experience.
- The once burly and widely feared general was not disguised but had false identity papers and looked haggard.
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