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haggard Definition


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haggard
adj
    1. Looking very tired and thin-faced, because of pain, worry, etc.
      Thesaurus: cadaverous, careworn, gaunt, drawn, emaciated, thin, wan, wasted, hollow-eyed, pinched; Antonym: robust.
    2. Wild or intractable.
    3. Said of a hawk: untamed, having matured in the wild before being caught.
noun
    1. falconry.
      An untamed hawk, or one caught when adult, especially a female.
Derivative: haggardly
adverb
    Derivative: haggardness
    noun
      Etymology: 16c: from French hagard wild.



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