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haggardness

/hag-erd/US // ˈhæg ərd //UK // (ˈhæɡəd) //

憔悴,憔悴不堪,憔悴感,憔悴的人

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn: the haggard faces of the tired troops.
    • : Archaic. wild; wild-looking: haggard eyes.
    • : Falconry. untamed.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Falconry. a wild or untamed hawk caught after it has assumed adult plumage.

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Examples

  • As the slow rescue effort dragged on, haggard emergency workers, who have been toiling in 12-hour shifts, stopped by to pause by the memorial wall for a moment, arms crossed.

  • She was 14 years old and running around with all those old haggard cowboys, like Merle and Willie Nelson and all of them.

  • He took the techniques of H. Rider Haggard and Jules Verne and brought them into the 20th century.

  • Next day, DSK was perp-walking his way, haggard and grizzled, into infamy.

  • Now you can summon them instantly on your screen, and track their new life post-you… Is he looking older, more haggard?

  • Or of the fact that Haggard was a Hillary supporter and wrote a song endorsing her candidacy?

  • Looking haggard and ridiculous—this “Amanda Bynes or Gandalf?”

  • It was with a feeling of relief on both sides that the arrival of Mr. Haggard, of the Home Office, was announced.

  • His lordship retired shortly to his study, Hetton and Mr. Haggard betook themselves to the billiard-room.

  • But we must not class in this unclean category Lord Spunyarn and his friend Haggard, who were both playing at the big table.

  • Haggard merely played for the excitement, and Spunyarn because it was a lesser bore to play than to look on.

  • Three more coups are played, each of which the banker, that is to say Haggard, wins.