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Definition of haggard : 1. A fierce, intractable creature.
2. A hag.
3. A stackyard.
4. A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
5. Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow- eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard features, eyes.
6. Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk.

Synonyms:

penniless, pinched, osseous, boney, fretted, adenoidal, penurious, drawn, raddled, pointless, careworn, thin, squandered, purposeless, weak, hard up, senseless, superfluous, hollow-eyed, skeletal, atrophied, otiose, cadaveric, worn-out, lean, wasted, nasal, diminished, worn, tired, osteal, bony, impecunious

death-like, sickly, ashen, emaciated, gaunt, cadaverous, wan, corpse-like, sallow, pale, pallid, bloodless

Usage examples:

• He had not been in bed that night and looked strangely haggard. - "Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life", Ann S. Stephens.
• If they had to work six hours out of twenty- four, they would be haggard, and weak in the knees. - "A Daughter of the Vine", Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton.
• I told her that he was only flushed and haggard as yet and that he was little wasted. - "Mrs. Falchion, Complete", Gilbert Parker Last Updated: March 12, 2009.