Gaunt vs. Haggard

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  • Gaunt (adjective)

    lean, angular{{,}} and bony

  • Gaunt (adjective)

    haggard, drawn{{,}} and emaciated

  • Gaunt (adjective)

    bleak, barren{{,}} and desolate

  • Haggard (adjective)

    Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition

    “Pale and haggard faces.”

    “A gradual descent into a haggard and feeble state.”

    “The years of hardship made her look somewhat haggard.”

  • Haggard (adjective)

    Wild or untamed

    “a haggard or refractory hawk”

  • Haggard (noun)

    A hunting bird captured as an adult.

  • Haggard (noun)

    A young or untrained hawk or falcon.

  • Haggard (noun)

    A fierce, intractable creature.

  • Haggard (noun)

    A hag.

  • Haggard (noun)

    A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.

    “He tuk a slew [swerve] round the haggard [http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/am1924/pt_s.htm]”

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