Associations to the word «Haggard»

Wiktionary

HAGGARD, adjective. Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
HAGGARD, adjective. Wild or untamed
HAGGARD, noun. (dialect) (Isle of Mann) (Ireland) A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.
HAGGARD, noun. (falconry) A hunting bird captured as an adult.
HAGGARD, noun. (falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
HAGGARD, noun. (obsolete) A fierce, intractable creature.
HAGGARD, noun. (obsolete) A hag.

Dictionary definition

HAGGARD, noun. British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925).
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.
HAGGARD, 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".

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