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How to pronounce haggard in English?

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Synonyms rider haggard, sir henry rider haggard
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Synonyms cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, pinched, skeletal, wasted


eyes were haggard and cavernous.
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Synonyms careworn, drawn, raddled, worn


her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness.

Examples of haggard

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If you look tired, haggard and worn, you also look old, and you feel older, too.
From the kansas.com
In 1931 he was arrested, haggard, confused and unable to communicate in English.
From the economist.com
In front of us are the Hollywood hills, the iconic sign looking haggard and sad.
From the guardian.co.uk
Haggard students queue for gruel and wave placards about their next futile demo.
From the guardian.co.uk
Roddick appeared on a video on the scoreboard, bearded and looking a bit haggard.
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Haggard linked his fall to being molested in second grade and apologized again.
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Haggard had just recently moved in, and she had not purchased renter's insurance.
From the tennessean.com
Haggard said that as a Christian, he believed his faith could make him a new man.
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Haggard moved his family to Arizona after the scandal and also lived in Texas.
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  • British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)
  • Careworn: 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
  • Bony: 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"
  • (haggardly) in a haggard manner; "she looked haggardly out of her tent"
  • Haggard is a German symphonic metal musical group founded in 1991. The group combines classical music and early music with doom metal.
  • Haggard is a surname.
  • Haggard a 1990--1992 British comedy television series. "Haggard" is about the exploits of Squire Haggard, the Squire's 21 year old son Roderick, and their servant Grunge. It was made for the ITV network by Yorkshire Television
  • A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc; A hunting bird captured as an adult; Looking exhausted and unwell, in poor condition; Wild or untamed
  • (haggardness) The characteristic of being haggard; tiredness