haggard

(hăg'ərd)
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.

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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

For a list of words related to haggard, see:

• Sickly, out of shape, dull, or weak
• Inert, Lazy, Tired, or Insensate

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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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