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    haggard

    haggard - Dictionary definition and meaning for word haggard

    Definition
    (noun) British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925) Definition
    (adj) showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
    Synonyms : careworn , drawn , raddled , worn
    Example Sentence
    • looking careworn as she bent over her mending
    • her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness
    • that raddled but still noble face
    • shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face
    Definition
    (adj) very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
    Example Sentence
    • emaciated bony hands
    • a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys
    • eyes were haggard and cavernous
    • small pinched faces
    • kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for haggard

Hagrid, a character from Harry Potter is very huge HEALTHY and gigantic..haggard is the opposite of it..gaunt i.e very thin..

"Hago" means to shit or go to toilet for throwing stool. A haggard suffers from disentry (always go to toilet) so gaunt, worn out and thin. May God save him!

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mathew hoggard is an effective bowler despite his haggard (or)gaunt appearance

hug the guard (looking ill or tired, often with dark skin under the eyes)

a laggard(lazy) person always haggards(wastes) time

HAGGARD = hag + gar + d; The room is wasted due to toilet.


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