Haggard Definition & Meaning
haggard
- 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
- 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"
- noun
- British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)
"Haggard" in song lyrics
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"h rider haggard"
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"buccal fat size haggard"
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"merle haggard"
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Words that rhyme with haggard
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- What does haggard mean?
- 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 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
- What part of speech is haggard?
- Haggard is an adjective and a noun.
- How many definitions does haggard have?
- Haggard has 3 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, noun).