haggard

Letters that make haggard

a, d, g, h, r are letters that make 'haggard'

Words within haggard

Ag, ar, HA, gar, hag, AR, Ar, Ga, GA are words within 'haggard'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of haggard

haggards is a word created by adding a letter to 'haggard'


2 possible definitions for 'haggard'

Haggard as "showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering"

Under this definition, haggard is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

drawn, raddled, worn, careworn have the same meaning as 'haggard'

Similar to haggard

tired is similar to haggard.

Example of haggard used within this context

"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


Haggard as "very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold"

Under this definition, haggard is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

bony, wasted, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, pinched, skeletal have the same meaning as 'haggard'

Derivatives of haggard

bonyness, boniness, emaciation, gauntness, maceration are derivatives of 'haggard'.

Similar to haggard

thin, lean are similar to 'haggard'.

Example of haggard used within this context

"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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