ADJECTIVE | all | haggard, careworn, drawn, raddled, worn | showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering |
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all | haggard, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, pinched, skeletal, wasted | very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold | |
NOUN | person | Haggard, Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard | British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925) |
Sounds | hhae'gerd | |
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Rhymes | Abelard ... word / Word: 269 rhymes with erd... |
Meaning | showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering. | |
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Example | "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness" | |
Synonyms | careworn, drawn, raddled, worn | |
Broader | tired | Depleted of strength or energy |
Spanish | demacrado, enfermizo, extenuado, macilento, ojeroso | |
Catalan | demacrat, macilent, malaltís, ullerós | |
Adverbs | haggardly | in a haggard manner |
Meaning | Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. | |
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Example | "eyes were haggard and cavernous" | |
Synonyms | cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, pinched, skeletal, wasted | |
Broader | thin, lean | lacking excess flesh |
Spanish | cadavérico, chupado, consumido, delgaducho, demacrada, demacrado, descarnado, enclenque, enjuto, escuálido, esquelético, huesudo, macilenta, macilento, raquítico, seco | |
Catalan | cadavèric, consumit, demacrat, descarnat, escanyolit, escarransit, esquelètic, magre, ossut, raquític, ressec, sec, xuclat |
Meaning | British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925). | |
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Synonyms | Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard | |
Instance of | writer, author | Writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay) |
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