hag|gard «HAG uhrd», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. looking worn from pain, fatigue, worry, or hunger; worn by care; gaunt: »
The haggard faces of the rescued miners showed suffering.
SYNONYM(S): lean, thin, wasted, emaciated, hollow-eyed.–n.
a haggard hawk.
╂[perhaps < Old French hagard, probably < a Germanic word]
–hag´gard|ly, adverb.
–hag´gard|ness, noun.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.