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Haggard vs Crotchety - What's the difference?

haggard | crotchety |

As adjectives the difference between haggard and crotchety

is that haggard is looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition while crotchety is cranky]], disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or [[fancy|fancies.

As a noun haggard

is (dialect|isle of mann|ireland) a stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.

haggard

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
  • * Dryden
    • Staring his eyes, and haggard was his look.
    Pale and haggard faces.
    A gradual descent into a haggard and feeble state.
    The years of hardship made her look somewhat haggard .
  • Wild or untamed
    • a haggard or refractory hawk

    Derived terms

    * haggardly * haggardness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialect, Isle of Mann, Ireland) A stackyard, an enclosure on a farm for stacking grain, hay, etc.
    • "He tuk a slew [swerve] round the haggard" [http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/am1924/pt_s.htm]
  • (falconry) A hunting bird captured as an adult.
    • A "haggard" is a bird captured as an adult and therefore of unknown age; often, the law prohibits capturing birds of mating age. Falconry Pro
  • * 1599 ,
  • *:No, truly, Ursula, she is too disdainful;
  • *:I know her spirits are as coy and wild
  • *:As haggards of the rock.
  • (falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
  • (obsolete) A fierce, intractable creature.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I have loved this proud disdainful haggard .
  • (obsolete) A hag.
    • (Garth)

    References

    crotchety

    English

    Alternative forms

    *crochety

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Cranky]], disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or [[fancy, fancies.