haggard
/ˈhæɡ.ɚd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.94 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Pale and haggard faces."
- "A gradual descent into a haggard and feeble state."
- "The years of hardship made her look somewhat haggard."
- "Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look."
- "Then there was a pale, care-wrinkled woman, not old, but haggard, and already with streaks of gray among her hair, like silver ribbons; one of those women, naturally delicate, whom you at once recognize as worn to death by a brute—probably, a drunken brute—of a husband, and at least nine children."
- "I looked at the morning / After being up all night / I looked at my haggard face in the bathroom light / I looked out the window / And I saw that ragged soul take flight"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhæɡ.ɚd/
- British English: /ˈhæɡ.əd/