Synonyms of haggard

haggard

adjective

ˈha-gərd 

as in gaunt

suffering extreme weight loss as a result of hunger or disease

the rescued hiker appeared haggard and worn after a week in the woods

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gaunt
• skeletal
• emaciated
• starved
• starving
• bony
• cadaverous
• hungry
• thin
• skinny
• scrawny
• lanky
• wasted
• lank
• rawboned
• underfed
• undernourished
• scraggy
• sinewy
• boney
• wizened
• shrivelled
• famished
• withered
• shriveled
• spare

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• healthy
• burly
• husky
• hale
• brawny
• hearty
• fit
• beefy
• plump
• overweight
• fat
• chubby
• obese
• pudgy
• corpulent
• rotund
• stocky
• fleshy
• portly
• tubby
• heavyset
• thickset
• flabby
• soft
• roly-poly

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of haggard

In other parts of the movie, where the substance is having side effects that force Elizabeth to become haggard and prematurely elderly, Moore was forced to contort herself in punishing ways. —Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Sep. 2024

Much of the film features Willow listening in on tense conversations between the haggard adults in her life from behind closed doors or within the shadows. —Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 26 July 2024

To me, baby-proofing is about figuring out how to have a gorgeous space that doesn't look haggard after a couple of years. —Ariel Okin, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2024

An 11-game home win streak ended and the haggard 49ers dragged a three-game losing streak into their bye. —Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024

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