haggard
adj.
tired, worn, gaunt
n.
wild untamed hawk (Falconry)
Haggard
Haggard
Noun
1. British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)
(synonym) Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard
(hypernym) writer, author
haggard
Adjective
1. 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
(synonym) careworn, drawn, raddled, worn
(similar) tired
2. 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"
(synonym) bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, pinched, skeletal, wasted
(similar) thin, lean
Haggard
(n.)
A stackyard.
(a.)
Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk.
(a.)
Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes.
(a.)
A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
(a.)
A hag.
(a.)
A fierce, intractable creature.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Haggard
To see a haggard face in your dreams, denotes misfortune and defeat in love matters.
To see your own face haggard and distressed, denotes trouble over female affairs, which may render you unable to meet business engagements in a healthy manner.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see:
Guttenberg Project