English Explanatory Dictionary

haggard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
  2. Wild or untamed
noun
  1. A hunting bird captured as an adult.
  2. A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
  3. A fierce, intractable creature.
  4. A hag.
noun
  1. A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Gray County, Kansas, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈhæɡ.əd/ hăg-ərd' /ˈhæɡ.ɚd/ en-au-haggard.ogg

Word forms

haggard more haggard most haggard haggards Haggart

Etymology

From Middle French haggard, from Old French faulcon hagard (“wild falcon”) ( > French hagard (“dazed”)), from Middle High German hag (“coppice”) ( > archaic German Hag (“hedge, grove”)). Akin to Frankish *hagia ( > French haie (“hedge”))

Synonyms

careworn haggard drawn weary woeworn raddled worn-out

Antonyms

active bright cheerful

Related words

apathetic cheerless grim inactive quiet sad scrawny slow stern

Derived words

haggardly haggardness
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