Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or resembling a hag; old and repulsive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Like a hag; ugly; wrinkled.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Like a
hag
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Examples
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COOPER: No, no, I was hoping they had haggish, which is a traditional Scottish meal.
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The plan is to look a trifle less haggish come summer.
And we have -- karenmiller 2009
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A full-length portrait executed in what critics describe as in the style of Van Dyck, it shows her tall, beautiful figure to great advantage in a splendid gold silk gown but her profile is positively haggish, making her look more like Margaret Hamilton the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz rather than Princess Diana of Wales, whom I believe she greatly resembled.
Archive 2010-03-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2010
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A full-length portrait executed in what critics describe as in the style of Van Dyck, it shows her tall, beautiful figure to great advantage in a splendid gold silk gown but her profile is positively haggish, making her look more like Margaret Hamilton the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz rather than Princess Diana of Wales, whom I believe she greatly resembled.
Scandalous Women welcomes Guest Blogger Jo Manning Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2010
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And the next time, hopefully, I won't be looking quite so haggish!!!!
I'm telling you, it wasn't my idea ... karenmiller 2007
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The first two episodes featured MotW Monster of the Week villains; a haggish witch out for revenge against the King and a duplicitous knight whose attempts at cheating would put Sammy Sosa to shame.
5 Minute Review: Merlin Patrick 2009
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The thought of George on the job is enough to disturb even me, throw in some tired, haggish harpy women with the "looks" of some second rate male transvestite on a particularly bad day and ones stomach contents rise up.
Archive 2008-05-01 FIDO The Dog 2008
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The satirical cartoonists had a field day depicting the chubby prince canoodling with a haggish grandmother Frances was over 40 when the affair began.
Tart of the Week: Frances, Countess of Jersey Heather Carroll 2008
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Demi Moore’s face will look as haggish as Goldie Hawn’s.
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Every time she uses her magic, she ages further and so she moves from stunning to haggish in the course of the movie.
Stardust Fred Perry 2007
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