haggard

(adjective)

adjective

1. showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering

- her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness

Similar word(s): tired, careworn, drawn, raddled, worn

2. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

- eyes were haggard and cavernous

Similar word(s): lean, thin, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, pinched, skeletal, wasted

Sentences with haggard as an adjective:

- Pale and haggard faces.

- A gradual descent into a haggard and feeble state.

- The years of hardship made her look somewhat haggard.

- a haggard or refractory hawk