Haggard
['hægəd] or ['hæɡɚd]
Definition
(noun.) British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925).
Editor: Miles--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk.
(a.) Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes.
(a.) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
(a.) A fierce, intractable creature.
(a.) A hag.
(n.) A stackyard.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Wild, wayward, intractable, unruly, refractory, untamed, not domesticated.[2]. Gaunt, lean, meagre, spare, worn, wasted, rawboned.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wild, wasted, worn, attenuated, wrinkled, ghastly, holloweyed, lean, gaunt
ANT:Sleek, smug, chubby, plump
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Definition
adj. lean: hollow-eyed: wild applied to an untrained hawk—(arch.) Hagg′ed.—n. Hagg′ard a hawk.—adv. Hagg′ardly.
n. a stackyard.
Editor: Stu
Unserious Contents or Definition
To see a haggard face in your dreams, denotes misfortune and defeat in love matters. To see your own face haggard and distressed, denotes trouble over female affairs, which may render you unable to meet business engagements in a healthy manner.
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Examples
- The haggard head floated up the dark staircase, and softly descended nearer to the floor outside the outer door of the chambers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His face was pallid and even haggard. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Trenor's eye had the haggard look of the sleep-walker waked on a deathly ledge. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It was as haggard a view of life as a man need look upon. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- At that moment Justinian reappeared in the court, with a haggard face, his shoulders bent with the weight of his grief. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- His face is dark, like his hair and eyes; and, although he can't be more than six or eight and twenty, withered and haggard. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Stephen came out of the hot mill into the damp wind and cold wet streets, haggard and worn. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- This time, a pair of haggard eyes had looked at the questioner, before the face had dropped again. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Most of the shops lighted two hours before their time--as the gas seems to know, for it has a haggard and unwilling look. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- One of the locks of her chignon had become loosened and hung on her neck; she looked haggard and almost old. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- A Plea in the Marshalsea Haggard anxiety and remorse are bad companions to be barred up with. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Bradley turned away his haggard face for a few moments, and then said, tearing up a tuft of grass: 'Damn him! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- As the captive men were faded and haggard, so the iron was rusty, the stone was slimy, the wood was rotten, the air was faint, the light was dim. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- That's true again,' said Mr Milvey, becoming haggard with perplexity. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I saw her haggard, listening face distinctly. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Editor: Nolan