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Comparative for looking exhausted, stressed, or poor in condition
“Arnold Pentreath stood by the open vault, pale and haggard, and with a countenance which grief had made rigid as marble.”
Comparative for sick or unwell
“The haggard patient is his wife. But both are deadly pale. His hungry stare, her wheezing groan. Which tells the sorriest tale?”
Comparative for thin or gaunt in physique or appearance
“You are looking terribly thin and haggard, old fellow. Are you ill?”
Comparative for having a pale complexion
“One of these was a boy lying on a stretcher, his clothes muddy and soggy wet, his face ashen and haggard.”
(of a person's eyes or cheeks) Comparative for deeply recessed, especially as a result of illness, hunger, or stress
Comparative for consumed by stress, worry or anxiety
Comparative for worn out or ruined because of age or neglect
Comparative for physically weak or lacking in strength
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