haggard
Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in conditionLooking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
Meaning
2 sensesLooking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
Pale and haggard faces.
A gradual descent into a haggard and feeble state.
abgespannt, ausgezehrt, abgezehrt
измождённыйizmoždjónnyj
Wild or untamed
a haggard or refractory hawk
wild, ungezähmt, ungebändigt
неприручённыйnepriručónnyj, ди́кийdíkij
- showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
- very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Examples
10 sentencesTom looks haggard.
deTom sieht ausgezehrt aus. — Felixjp
Lone lions, alas, always end up being hunted and haggard.
You look positively haggard.
Her face was haggard and thin and eager, stamped with the print of a recent horror.
Holmes sat in a great, old-fashioned chair, his inexorable eyes gleaming out of his haggard face.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle French haggard, from Old French faulcon hagard (“wild falcon”) ( > French hagaFrom 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”))
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Forms
more haggard, most haggard| Comparative | more haggard Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most haggard Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
14 synonymsAntonyms
3 antonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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