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Definition of "haggard" []

  • Appearing worn and exhausted; gaunt. (adjective)
  • Wild or distraught in appearance. (adjective)
  • Wild and intractable. Used of a hawk in falconry. (adjective)
  • An adult hawk captured for training. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "haggard" in a sentence
  • "III. iii.260 (442,7) If I do prore her haggard] A _haggard_ hark, is a"
  • "Here and there a desperate thief, with hungry eyes and thin haggard face, was climbing down through the gap, in rash hope of possible treasure."
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