 haggard |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering | |
| Synonyms: | drawn worn careworn raddled | |
| Examples: | "looking careworn as she bent over her mending" "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness" "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens |
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| Related terms: | tired | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | |
| Synonyms: | gaunt bony emaciated pinched cadaverous wasted skeletal | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | thin | |
| 3. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 3419 | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (writing) British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925) | |
| Synonyms: | rider_haggard sir_henry_rider_haggard hagard | |
| Related terms: | writer | |
| Similar spelling: |
hagard haggardly hazard Hazzard Hazardia hazardous hazarding hagridden Huggard Hoggard hag-ridden Hagerty Haggerty |
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