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Synonyms for haggard

31 synonyms
4 antonyms
2 meanings

adjective

Most common

gaunt emaciated wasted wan tired worn

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Gaunt

gaunt, emaciated, wasted, wan, sickly, scrawny, lean, poor, thin, ghastly, skeletal, pinched, puny, spare, attenuated, cadaverous, lank, skinny, meager US CA, meagre UK, scraggy

2. Tired — looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition

tired, worn, weary, worn-out, drawn, careworn, raddled

Other

hollow-eyed, wild, haggardly

Antonyms

bright, cheerful, cherubic

All antonyms of haggard →

Definitions

adj. 1
Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
A gradual descent into a haggard and feeble state.
adj. 2
Wild or untamed
a haggard or refractory hawk

Related words

Word family: haggardly
Is a kind of: cadaverous deteriorated fatigued

Example sentences

wan I only wan to avoid saying the wrong thing.
sickly Since childhood, Boldi has been a very sickly boy.
gaunt I recoiled when I saw how gaunt she had become.
emaciated The men weren't just skinny. They were emaciated.
tired I'm getting tired of driving on this winding road.
worn I'm getting pretty worn out driving every morning.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
haggard		rising
wan		steady
sickly		rising
gaunt		rising
emaciated		rising
tired		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: wan¹
4 letters: poor¹, wild¹, thin¹, worn¹, lean¹, puny², lank¹
5 letters: tired², drawn¹, spare¹, weary², gaunt¹
6 letters: wasted², skinny², sickly², meager², meagre
7 letters: ghastly², pinched¹, scrawny², scraggy, raddled
8 letters: skeletal³, careworn
9 letters: emaciated⁵, haggardly
10 letters: attenuated⁵, cadaverous

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (puny² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: hagard