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# haggard

«haggard» in Mova's school dictionary: **looking tired, thin and worn out, from worry, hunger or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (haggard; more haggard, most haggard)

### meaning for a pupil

Haggard means looking tired, thin and worn out, from worry, hunger or illness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haggard/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a hero or traveller who returns after a long, hard journey looks haggard

### examples

- After weeks at sea he looked pale and haggard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haggard/#x1)
- The old king grew thin and haggard with worry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haggard/#x2)
- Her haggard face showed she had not slept. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haggard/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «haggard» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haggard/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.