hagard
French → English
(appearance) Haggard: looking exhausted, wild-eyed, and distraught, often due to fatigue, illness, or terror.
Il est ressorti de la mine avec un regard hagard et les vêtements déchirés.
(English) He came out of the mine with a haggard look and torn clothes.
Elle errait dans les rues, hagarde, après avoir perdu son chemin.
(English) She wandered the streets, distraught, after losing her way.
(falconry) Untamed: describing a bird of prey caught as an adult that is difficult to train.
Le faucon hagard est beaucoup plus difficile à apprivoiser qu'un niais.
(English) The wild-caught hawk is much harder to tame than a nestling.
Les fauconniers préfèrent souvent les oiseaux jeunes aux oiseaux hagards.
(English) Falconers often prefer young birds over wild-caught adult ones.
Entry ID: fr:en:hagard · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary