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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925);
[syn: Haggard, Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering;
- Example: "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"
- Example: "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"
- Example: "that raddled but still noble face"
- Example: "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens
[syn: careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn]

2. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;
- Example: "emaciated bony hands"
- Example: "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"
- Example: "eyes were haggard and cavernous"
- Example: "small pinched faces"
- Example: "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
[syn: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Haggard \Hag"gard\, n. [See Haggard, a.]
   1. (Falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
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   2. A fierce, intractable creature.
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            I have loved this proud disdainful haggard. --Shak.
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   3. [See Haggard, a., 2.] A hag. [Obs.] --Garth.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Haggard \Hag"gard\, n. [See 1st Haw, Hedge, and Yard an
   inclosed space.]
   A stackyard. [Prov. Eng.] --Swift.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Haggard \Hag"gard\ (h[a^]g"g[~e]rd), a. [F. hagard; of German
   origin, and prop. meaning, of the hegde or woods, wild,
   untamed. See Hedge, 1st Haw, and -ard.]
   1. Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty;
      untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   2. [For hagged, fr. hag a witch, influenced by haggard wild.]
      Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering;
      hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted by
      pain; wild and wasted, or anxious in appearance; as,
      haggard features, eyes.
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            Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look.
                                                  --Dryden.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

haggard
    adj 1: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or
           suffering; "looking 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"- Charles Dickens [syn: careworn, drawn,
           haggard, raddled, worn]
    2: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;
       "emaciated 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" [syn: bony, cadaverous, emaciated,
       gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted]
    n 1: British writer noted for romantic adventure novels
         (1856-1925) [syn: Haggard, Rider Haggard, Sir Henry
         Rider Haggard]