| a. | 1. | Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; |
| 2. | Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted by pain; wild and wasted, or anxious in appearance; | |
| n. | 1. | (Falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon. |
| 2. | A fierce, intractable creature. | |
| 3. | A hag. | |
| 1. | A stackyard. |
| Noun | 1. | Haggard - British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)Synonyms: Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard |
| Adj. | 1. | haggard - 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. | haggard - 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" |
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