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haggardness

haggardness

8.4
A look that shows someone is very tired and worn
  • noun
  • /ˈhæɡərdnəs/
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  • After days of sleepless nights, her haggardness was evident as she struggled to keep her eyes open.

Examples

  • Several months ago, we were sitting in this Berlin club amid beer-soaked haggardness in a space not intended to be inhabited by people and sunlight, trying to decide if we should shoot this introduction to a trailer for our movie that was supposed to be posted online.

    Blog text (19)

  • "Raden's haggardness lighted up.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • The marathon runner's haggardness showed on his face when he crossed the finish line, exhausted but triumphant.

  • Witnessing the haggardness of the exhausted workers made them realize the toll of the long hours they had been putting in.

Synonyms

exhaustion
vshaggardness
78 3.6

Extreme physical or mental tiredness after hard work

is seen mainly as an outward worn appearance rather than a felt state
weariness
vshaggardness
20 3.1

A strong feeling of being very tired in body or mind

is expressed mainly by an exhausted or worn appearance rather than the feeling
lethargy
vshaggardness
12 6.3

A feeling of tiredness and low energy

is chiefly about appearance of being worn and tired rather than low activity
mental fatigue
vshaggardness
1 4.4

A feeling of being tired after long thinking or stress

is focused on visible tiredness and worn facial signs not only mental strain
overtiredness
vshaggardness
4.9

Being very tired so you cannot sleep and feel restless or easily annoyed

is about how someone looks tired and worn not only how they feel

Antonyms

vitality
29 4.3

Energy and liveliness that make a person or thing seem active

freshness
3 1.6

The feeling of being rested and full of energy

How Tired

exhaustion
78 3.6
haggardness
8.4
fatigue
92 4.2
weariness
20 3.1

Surface Forms

haggardness singular
haggardnesses plural

Morphology

haggardness = haggard (transparent) = haggard + ness

Standard nominalization from the adjective 'haggard' using the productive suffix '-ness', yielding 'the state of being haggard'.

Etymology

The word haggardness comes from the older word haggard, which once described a wild hawk that looked rough and tired. So haggardness means the quality of looking very 'tired' or 'worn out'.