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Superlative 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.”
Superlative 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?”
Superlative for thin or gaunt in physique or appearance
“You are looking terribly thin and haggard, old fellow. Are you ill?”
Superlative 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) Superlative for deeply recessed, especially as a result of illness, hunger, or stress
Superlative for consumed by stress, worry or anxiety
Superlative for worn out or ruined because of age or neglect
Superlative for physically weak or lacking in strength
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