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Scrawny vs Haggard - What's the difference?

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Scrawny is a related term of haggard.


As adjectives the difference between scrawny and haggard

is that scrawny is thin, malnourished and weak while haggard is looking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition.

As a noun haggard is

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

scrawny

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Thin, malnourished and weak.

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    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)

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