haggard

The word “haggard” has 2 syllables: hag-gard

It's pronounced as /ˈhæɡərd/


What is synonym and antonym for haggard?

In the thesaurus, “haggard” has 46 synonyms and 30 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for haggard along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for haggard

  • ashen
  • boney
  • bony
  • cadaverous
  • careworn
  • drawn
  • emaciated
  • exhausted
  • faded
  • fagged
  • famished
  • fatigued
  • fretted
  • gaunt
  • ghastly
  • hungry
  • lank
  • lanky
  • lean
  • pale
  • pallid
  • pinched
  • rawboned
  • scraggy
  • scrawny
  • shriveled
  • shrivelled
  • shrunken
  • sinewy
  • skeletal
  • skinny
  • spare
  • starved
  • starving
  • thin
  • tired
  • underfed
  • undernourished
  • wan
  • wasted
  • weak
  • wearied
  • withered
  • wizened
  • worn-down
  • wrinkled

Antonyms for haggard

  • beefy
  • brawny
  • burly
  • chubby
  • colorful
  • corpulent
  • fat
  • fit
  • flabby
  • fleshy
  • fresh
  • hale
  • healthy
  • hearty
  • heavyset
  • husky
  • obese
  • overweight
  • plump
  • portly
  • pudgy
  • roly-poly
  • rotund
  • soft
  • stocky
  • strong
  • thick
  • thickset
  • tubby
  • unworn

Meanings of haggard

  • noun
    1. A hunting bird captured as an adult.
    2. A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
    3. A fierce, intractable creature.
    4. A hag.
    5. (Isle of Man) A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.
  • adjective
    1. Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition.
    2. (of an animal) Wild or untamed.

Example Sentences

  • After the long journey, the explorer's face appeared haggard and fatigued.
  • The sleepless night left her looking pale and haggard in the morning.
  • The detective's haggard expression reflected the intensity of the investigation.
  • The hiker emerged from the wilderness, his clothes torn and his appearance haggard.
  • The prolonged stress at work made him look increasingly haggard over the weeks.

On this page you'll find 76 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to haggard, such as: ashen, beefy, boney, bony, brawny, burly, cadaverous.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

cadaverous

  • anemic
  • ashen
  • ashy
  • bag of bones
  • blanched
  • bloodless
  • boney
  • bony
  • consumptive
  • dead
  • deathlike
  • deathly
  • doughy
  • emaciated
  • exsanguinous
  • famished
  • gaunt
  • ghastly
  • ghostly
  • haggard
  • hungry
  • lank
  • lanky
  • livid
  • lurid
  • mealy
  • pale
  • paled
  • pallid
  • pasty
  • peaked
  • peaky
  • rawboned
  • sallow
  • sallowish
  • scraggy
  • scrawny
  • shadowy
  • shriveled
  • shrivelled
  • sick
  • sickly
  • sinewy
  • skeletal
  • skeletonlike
  • skin and bones
  • skinny
  • spare
  • spectral
  • starved
  • starving
  • thin
  • underfed
  • undernourished
  • untanned
  • wan
  • wasted
  • waxen
  • waxy
  • whey-faced
  • white
  • white-faced
  • whitened
  • withered
  • wizened

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