Unscramble haggard

Definition of haggard

adjective:

• showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; ; ; ; - Charles Dickens; "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". Synonyms: careworn, drawn, raddled, worn.
• 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". Synonyms: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, pinched, skeletal, wasted.

noun:

• British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925). Synonyms: Haggard, Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard.

Words nearby

laggard.

Rhymes with

laggard.