1
of a hawk
: not tamed
haggardly
adverb
haggardness
noun
1
: an adult hawk caught wild
2
obsolete
: an intractable person
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Adjective
She looked tired and haggard.
We were shocked by his haggard appearance.
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Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
These are films about a haggard failson trying to hold his life together with the help of a wise-cracking goo monster who longs for the taste of human brains.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2024
The household in the 1970s was routinely described as a three-ring circus filled with rowdy kids, lost pets and haggard servants who often quit in frustration, saying Ethel was difficult to work for.
—Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
Moore goes for broke as Elisabeth rapidly ages, flawlessly executing a sequence during which the haggard former star mocks one of Sue's television interviews.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024
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Adjective
The face that confronted him was haggard and gaunt, its hair and beard unkempt.
—Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
These are films about a haggard failson trying to hold his life together with the help of a wise-cracking goo monster who longs for the taste of human brains.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2024
The household in the 1970s was routinely described as a three-ring circus filled with rowdy kids, lost pets and haggard servants who often quit in frustration, saying Ethel was difficult to work for.
—Valerie J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2024
Moore goes for broke as Elisabeth rapidly ages, flawlessly executing a sequence during which the haggard former star mocks one of Sue's television interviews.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Sep. 2024
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“Haggard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/haggard. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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