Definitions for Haggard

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Haggard hag·gard

Spelling: [hag-erd]

IPA: /ˈhæg ərd/

Haggard is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in Haggard (aadgghr).

Definitions for Haggard

adjective

1. having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn:
2. wild; wild-looking:
3. Falconry. (especially of a hawk caught after it has attained adult plumage) untamed.

noun

1. Falconry. a wild or untamed hawk caught after it has assumed adult plumage.
2. (Sir) H(enry) Rider, 1856–1925, English novelist.

Origin of Haggard

1560-70; orig., wild female hawk. See hag¹, -ard

Examples for Haggard

He was so haggard he looked “like hell,” he confided to Betsy.

He took the techniques of H. Rider haggard and Jules Verne and brought them into the 20th century.

Her fright left her trembling, with haggard eyes in her pale face.

Renmark stepped into the light, and she saw his face was haggard with fatigue and anxiety.

The biting finger of agony had drawn lines upon his haggard brow.

Those who criticize the Duggars, haggard said, cannot empathize with their pain and disappointment.

The officers, haggard but tireless, aroused them frequently.

Next day, DSK was perp-walking his way, haggard and grizzled, into infamy.

Or of the fact that haggard was a Hillary supporter and wrote a song endorsing her candidacy?

Sleep forsook the unfortunate men, and their eyes grew wild and haggard.