haggard

adj.

1. 1. Appearing worn and exhausted; gaunt.
   2. Wild or distraught in appearance.
2. Wild and intractable. Used of a hawk in falconry.

n.
An adult hawk captured for training.

[French hagard, wild, from Old French, wild hawk, raptor, perhaps of Germanic origin.]

haggardly hag'gard·ly adv.
haggardness hag'gard·ness n.

(HAG-uhrd)

adjective
Looking gaunt or exhausted, as from fatigue, suffering, hunger, age, etc.

Etymology
Of uncertain origin, apparently from Old French hagard (wild falcon), perhaps influenced by the word hag. The word is still used for a hawk captured as an adult

Usage
"The war photos [show] a haggard, sweaty, unshaven Marine sucking on a canteen during one of those hellacious South Pacific island battles of World War II." — Peter Carlson; Flashes of Memory; Washington Post; Jun 8, 2008.

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adjective

Pale and exhausted, as because of worry or sleeplessness: careworn, drawn, gaunt, hollow-eyed, wan, worn. See tired/fresh.

adj

Definition: worn, weakened
Antonyms: fresh, healthy, hearty, strong, unworn

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - vild, uhyggelig, mager, udtæret, forpint, hærget, lide af mareridt
n. - utæmmet høg

Nederlands (Dutch)
ongetemde havik/valk, verwilderd/afgemat uitziend, wild, ongetemd

Français (French)
adj. - défait, exténué
n. - faucon hagard, fatigue

Deutsch (German)
n. - ungezähmter Falke
adj. - ausgezehrt, abgespannt, wild

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ορνιθ.) άγριο θηλυκό γεράκι, γερακίνα
adj. - καταβεβλημένος, τσακισμένος

Italiano (Italian)
persona intrattabile, falco non addomesticato, selvaggio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - falcão (m) selvagem (Ornit.) (Zool.)
adj. - macilento, intratável

Русский (Russian)
изможденный, дикий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ojeroso, trasnochado, demacrado, flaco
n. - halcón salvaje

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (vild) falk, hök (bildl.)
adj. - härjad, vild

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
憔悴的, 野性的, 形容枯槁的, 野鹰

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 憔悴的, 野性的, 形容枯槁的
n. - 野鷹

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 야윈, 사나운, 앙칼진 얼굴을 한
n. - 야생매

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - やつれた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صقر شرس, (صفه) جموح أو شرس, صفه للصقر, مضني من الأرق أو القلق, مهزول, منهك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮כחוש, עייף, רע-מראה‬
n. - ‮נץ בוגר‬

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