haggard en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- hăg-ərd' (US)
- /ˈhæɡ.ɚd/ (US)
- /ˈhæɡ.əd/ (UK)
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From Middle French haggard, from Old French faulcon hagard (“wild falcon”) ( > French hagard (“dazed”)), from Middle High German hag (“coppice”) ( > archaic German Hag (“hedge, grove”)). Akin to Frankish *hagia ( > French haie (“hedge”))
Meanings
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Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
Then there was a pale, care-wrinkled woman, not old, but haggard, and already with streaks of gray among her hair, like silver ribbons; one of those women, naturally delicate, whom you at once recognize as worn to death by a brute—probably, a drunken brute—of a husband, and at least nine children.
1851 April 9, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:By the end of two weeks there isn't a county in England where he hasn't pledged his holiness six different ways — which is not to deny that intermittently he has visions of himself as a haggard apostle of the life renounced, converting beautiful women and millionaires to Christian poverty.
1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:I looked at the morning / After being up all night / I looked at my haggard face in the bathroom light / I looked out the window / And I saw that ragged soul take flight
1976, Joni Mitchell, “Black Crow”, in Hejira:The years of hardship made her look somewhat haggard.
Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look.
1685, John Dryden, The Despairing Lover:Pale and haggard faces.
A gradual descent into a haggard and feeble state.
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(of an animal) Wild or untamed
a haggard or refractory hawk
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more haggard | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most haggard | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Hypernyms
cadaverous · fatigued · deteriorated
Hyponyms
sunken · bloodshot · deep-set · pallid
Relateds
slow · inactive · scrawny · sad · apathetic · quiet · cheerless · stern · grim
Synonyms
weary · woeworn · worn-out · drawn · careworn · drawn · raddled · haggard · careworn
Translations (81)
de hager (looking exhausted and unwell) · la ferus (wild or untamed) · es demacrado (looking exhausted and unwell) · sh bijȇdan (looking exhausted and unwell) · sh dìvljī (wild or untamed) · ro secătuit (looking exhausted and unwell) · sh дѝвљӣ (wild or untamed) · fi sairaalloisen näköinen (looking exhausted and unwell) · pl nieoswojone (wild or untamed) · la dēfatīgātus (looking exhausted and unwell) · cs ustaraný (looking exhausted and unwell) · ro neîmblânzit (wild or untamed) · cs nezvladatelný (wild or untamed) · nl ongetemd (wild or untamed) · sh bȇdan (looking exhausted and unwell) · de ungebändigt (wild or untamed) · pl wynędzniały (looking exhausted and unwell) · ko 수척한 (looking exhausted and unwell) · it tutta pelle (looking exhausted and unwell) · it magro (looking exhausted and unwell) · mi korotūangaanga (looking exhausted and unwell) · fi voipunut (looking exhausted and unwell) · la ēnervis (looking exhausted and unwell) · de ausgezehrt (looking exhausted and unwell) · es ojeroso (looking exhausted and unwell) · es trasojado (looking exhausted and unwell) · nl afgetobd (looking exhausted and unwell) · cs ztrápený (looking exhausted and unwell) · pl dzikie (wild or untamed) · fi hurja (wild or untamed) · ro obosit (looking exhausted and unwell) · it smunto (looking exhausted and unwell) · it mingherlino (looking exhausted and unwell) · zh 憔悴（qiáocuì）枯槁 (looking exhausted and unwell) · de fertig (looking exhausted and unwell) · de wild (wild or untamed) · bg изнурен (looking exhausted and unwell) · pt selvagem (wild or untamed) · fi kalvakka (looking exhausted and unwell) · nl uitgemergeld (looking exhausted and unwell) · es desmejorado (looking exhausted and unwell) · it selvaggio (wild or untamed) · ru измождённый (looking exhausted and unwell) · sh бе̑дан (looking exhausted and unwell) · it consunto (looking exhausted and unwell) · ru неприручённый (wild or untamed) · pt abatido (looking exhausted and unwell) · ja やつれた (looking exhausted and unwell) · cs ztrhaný (looking exhausted and unwell) · bg измъчен (looking exhausted and unwell) · es consumido (looking exhausted and unwell) · it macilento (looking exhausted and unwell) · ru ди́кий (wild or untamed) · rap kavakava (looking exhausted and unwell) · ro sălbatic (wild or untamed) · sv härjad (looking exhausted and unwell) · de ungezähmt (wild or untamed) · it selvatico (wild or untamed) · cs vyčerpaný (looking exhausted and unwell) · fr hagard (looking exhausted and unwell) · de verhärmt (looking exhausted and unwell) · sh бије̑дан (looking exhausted and unwell) · cs divoký (wild or untamed) · ro epuizat (looking exhausted and unwell) · de mitgenommen (looking exhausted and unwell) · et metsik (wild or untamed) · et kurnatud (looking exhausted and unwell) · sh оронуо (looking exhausted and unwell) · sh oronuo (looking exhausted and unwell) · fi riutunut (looking exhausted and unwell) · de abgehärmt (looking exhausted and unwell) · de abgezehrt (looking exhausted and unwell) · es macilento (looking exhausted and unwell) · pl wymizerowany (looking exhausted and unwell) · de ausgemergelt (looking exhausted and unwell) · de abgespannt (looking exhausted and unwell) · ro istovit (looking exhausted and unwell) · de gezeichnet (looking exhausted and unwell) · it emaciato (looking exhausted and unwell) · ro nedomesticit (wild or untamed) · nl onhandelbaar (wild or untamed)