Haggard
adjective
Appearing tired and thin, as if from stress or worry.
After staying up all night studying for exams, he looked haggard.
Often appears as...
- haggard face
- haggard look
adjective
Wild or untamed, usually referring to a hawk or falcon.
The haggard falcon was a stunning yet intimidating sight.
Often appears as...
- haggard hawk
- haggard falcon
noun
An adult hawk caught for training.
The haggard was captured and then trained to hunt smaller birds.
Often appears as...
- train a haggard
- catch a haggard
adjective
Appearing tired and thin, as if from stress or worry.
After staying up all night studying for exams, he looked haggard.
Often appears as...
- haggard face
- haggard look
adjective
Wild or untamed, usually referring to a hawk or falcon.
The haggard falcon was a stunning yet intimidating sight.
Often appears as...
- haggard hawk
- haggard falcon
noun
An adult hawk caught for training.
The haggard was captured and then trained to hunt smaller birds.
Often appears as...
- train a haggard
- catch a haggard
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Stress Indicator
Use 'haggard' to describe someone looking very tired and possibly stressed or unwell.
She had a haggard appearance after working three night shifts in a row.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Age
'Haggard' doesn't imply that someone is old, but that they look worn out temporarily.
Despite his youth, the marathon left him looking haggard.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
The word often conveys a strong change, not just slight tiredness.
After the earthquake, survivors emerged haggard from the rubble.
Pro Tip 1/3Stress Indicator
Use 'haggard' to describe someone looking very tired and possibly stressed or unwell.
She had a haggard appearance after working three night shifts in a row.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Age
'Haggard' doesn't imply that someone is old, but that they look worn out temporarily.
Despite his youth, the marathon left him looking haggard.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
The word often conveys a strong change, not just slight tiredness.
After the earthquake, survivors emerged haggard from the rubble.
Pro Tip 1/3Stress Indicator
Use 'haggard' to describe someone looking very tired and possibly stressed or unwell.
She had a haggard appearance after working three night shifts in a row.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Age
'Haggard' doesn't imply that someone is old, but that they look worn out temporarily.
Despite his youth, the marathon left him looking haggard.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity
The word often conveys a strong change, not just slight tiredness.
After the earthquake, survivors emerged haggard from the rubble.
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 312 PIPE...
really really close to us at the time and we got right up on him on him then he's just looking really really sort of Haggard it's looking in fine condition but the fur around is around his face is just starting to really start losing his sort of beauty and lots of ticks almost
Video examples
Richard Wilkinson: The...
People in the prime of life, and yet everyone there looks haggard, depressed, anxious. Some of them look quite angry. Not a smile to be seen. And yet, if you look at pictures of people posed, they put their arms around each other,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 312 PIPE...
really really close to us at the time and we got right up on him on him then he's just looking really really sort of Haggard it's looking in fine condition but the fur around is around his face is just starting to really start losing his sort of beauty and lots of ticks almost
Video examples
Richard Wilkinson: The...
People in the prime of life, and yet everyone there looks haggard, depressed, anxious. Some of them look quite angry. Not a smile to be seen. And yet, if you look at pictures of people posed, they put their arms around each other,
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Mary Pilon
American Journalist
One of sports journalism's great ironies is that covering an Olympics can be wildly unhealthy. NBC shows athletes in peak health performing on the ice and snow, but not the haggard reporters subsisting for three weeks on stadium starches, cheap beer, deadlines, and little sleep.
Quote examples
Margaret Sackville
English Poet
Laughter is ever young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of all, quickly becomes haggard.
Quote examples
Mary Pilon
American Journalist
One of sports journalism's great ironies is that covering an Olympics can be wildly unhealthy. NBC shows athletes in peak health performing on the ice and snow, but not the haggard reporters subsisting for three weeks on stadium starches, cheap beer, deadlines, and little sleep.
Quote examples
Margaret Sackville
English Poet
Laughter is ever young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of all, quickly becomes haggard.
Example 1 of 2
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