'Haggard' definitions:

Definition of 'haggard'

(from WordNet)
adjective
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 [syn: careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn]
adjective
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" [syn: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted]
noun
British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925) [syn: Haggard, Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard]

Definition of 'Haggard'

From: GCIDE
  • Haggard \Hag"gard\, n. [See Haggard, a.]
  • 1. (Falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A fierce, intractable creature. [1913 Webster]
  • I have loved this proud disdainful haggard. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. [See Haggard, a., 2.] A hag. [Obs.] --Garth. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Haggard'

From: GCIDE
  • Haggard \Hag"gard\ (h[a^]g"g[~e]rd), a. [F. hagard; of German origin, and prop. meaning, of the hegde or woods, wild, untamed. See Hedge, 1st Haw, and -ard.]
  • 1. Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. [For hagged, fr. hag a witch, influenced by haggard wild.] Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted by pain; wild and wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes. [1913 Webster]
  • Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Haggard'

From: GCIDE
  • Haggard \Hag"gard\, n. [See 1st Haw, Hedge, and Yard an inclosed space.] A stackyard. [Prov. Eng.] --Swift. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'haggard'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Haggard'