Synonyms for haggard
ˈhæg ərdhag·gard

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. haggard

   Synonyms:
   wild, wasted, worn, attenuated, wrinkled, ghastly, holloweyed, lean, gaunt

   Antonyms:
   sleek, smug, chubby, plump

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Haggard, Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggardadjective

   British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)

   Antonyms:
   fat, rested

2. careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, wornadjective

   showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering

   "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"- Charles Dickens

   Synonyms:
   worn, wasted, bony, careworn, skeletal, raddled, emaciated, worn-out, cadaverous, drawn, gaunt, pinched

   Antonyms:
   rested, fat

3. bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wastedadjective

   very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

   "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"

   Synonyms:
   pinched, atrophied, in straitened circumstances(p), boney, osteal, diminished, drawn, nasal, senseless, gaunt, adenoidal, squandered, purposeless, penurious, hard up, otiose, penniless, osseous, superfluous, skeletal, cadaveric, cadaverous, careworn, wasted, raddled, bony, impecunious, worn, emaciated, pointless

   Antonyms:
   rested, fat

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. haggardadjective

   Synonyms:
   wild, wayward, intractable, unruly, refractory, untamed, not domesticated

2. haggardadjective

   Synonyms:
   gaunt, lean, meagre, spare, worn, wasted, rawboned

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. haggardadjective

   Synonyms:
   gaunt, emaciated, hollow-eyed

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1. Merle Haggard:

   I've never been a guy that can do what Merle Haggard told me, it's always been my nature to fight the system.

2. Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards:

   I can't remember when I haven't listened to Merle Haggard, some of the best songs and best delivery you can get.