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English adjective: haggard

1. haggard showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering


SamplesLooking 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.


Synonymscareworn, drawn, raddled, worn


Similartired


Antonymsrested

2. haggard very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold


SamplesEmaciated 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.


Synonymsbony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, pinched, skeletal, wasted


Similarlean, thin


Antonymsfat


English noun: Haggard

1. Haggard (person) British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)


SynonymsRider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard


Instance hypernymauthor, writer









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