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haggard
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[ adjective ] showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
Examples "looking careworn as she bent over her mending" "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness" "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens Used in print (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)Rocco_Vecchio - a perspiring , haggard Vecchio - was standing there , flanked by two men in the uniforms of armored transport guards . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
Examples "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" Used in print (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)His captain was thin and haggard and his beautiful boots were worn and shabby . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 3419
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[ noun ] (writing) British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)
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