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haggard definition
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Grep of noun haggard rider haggard sir henry rider haggard Overview of adj haggard The adj haggard has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn -- (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) 2. (1) bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted -- (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") Antonyms of adj haggard 2 senses of haggard Sense 1 careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn INDIRECT (VIA tired) -> rested Sense 2 bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted INDIRECT (VIA thin) -> fat Similarity of adj haggard 2 senses of haggard Sense 1 careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn => tired (vs. rested) Sense 2 bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted => thin (vs. fat), lean Attributes of adj haggard Familiarity of adj haggard haggard used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj haggard haggard Overview of adj haggard The adj haggard has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn -- (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) 2. (1) bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted -- (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")
haggard definition
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