Mary Pilon

One of sports journalism's great ironies is that covering an Olympics can be wildly unhealthy. NBC shows athletes in peak health performing on the ice and snow, but not the haggard reporters subsisting for three weeks on stadium starches, cheap beer, deadlines, and little sleep.

American Journalist

Margaret Sackville

Laughter is ever young, whereas tragedy, except the very highest of all, quickly becomes haggard.

English Poet

Use 'haggard' to describe someone looking very tired and possibly stressed or unwell.

Stress Indicator

'Haggard' doesn't imply that someone is old, but that they look worn out temporarily.

Not Just Age

The word often conveys a strong change, not just slight tiredness.

Intensity

In falconry, 'haggard' describes wild raptors, reflecting their untamed nature.

Falconry Term

Remember, this use of 'haggard' is specific to birds of prey, not other animals.

Specific Context

Use this noun form when talking about capturing and training adult hawks.

Hawk Training

'Haggard' as a noun is not commonly used and is specific to falconry.

Advanced Vocabulary

A 'haggard' is specifically an adult bird, not a juvenile.

Not a Juvenile

 really really close to us at the time and we got right up on him on him then he's just looking really really sort of Haggard it's looking in fine condition but the fur around is around his face is just starting to really start losing his sort of beauty and lots of ticks almost

Safari Live - Day 312 PIPE...

 People in the prime of life, and yet everyone there looks haggard, depressed, anxious. Some of them look quite angry. Not a smile to be seen. And yet, if you look at pictures of people posed, they put their arms around each other,