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haunted
haunt H0084500 (hônt, hŏnt)v. haunt·ed, haunt·ing, haunts v.tr.1. To inhabit, visit, or appear to in the form of a ghost or other supernatural being.2. To visit often; frequent: haunted the movie theaters.3. To come to the mind of continually; obsess: a riddle that haunted me all morning.4. To be continually present in; pervade: the melancholy that haunts the composer's music.v.intr. To recur or visit often, especially as a ghost.n.1. A place much frequented.2. also hant or ha'nt (hănt) or haint (hānt) Chiefly Southern US A ghost or other supernatural being.
[Middle English haunten, to frequent, from Old French hanter; see tkei- in Indo-European roots.]
haunt′er n.haunted (ˈhɔːntɪd) adj1. (European Myth & Legend) frequented or visited by ghosts2. (postpositive) obsessed or worriedThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | haunted - having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"; "he was taken up in worry for the old woman"obsessed, taken up, preoccupiedconcerned - feeling or showing worry or solicitude; "concerned parents of youthful offenders"; "was concerned about the future"; "we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand"; "greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child" | | 2. | haunted - showing emotional affliction or disquiet; "her expression became progressively more haunted"troubled - characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers" | | 3. | haunted - inhabited by or as if by apparitions; "a haunted house"inhabited - having inhabitants; lived in; "the inhabited regions of the earth" |
hauntedadjective1. possessed, ghostly, cursed, eerie, spooky (informal), jinxed a haunted castle2. preoccupied, worried, troubled, plagued, obsessed, tormented She looked so haunted, I almost didn't recognise her.Translationshaunt (hoːnt) verb1. (of a ghost) to inhabit. A ghost is said to haunt this house. (鬼魂)出沒 （神鬼）出没 2. (of an unpleasant memory) to keep coming back into the mind of. Her look of misery haunts me. (不愉快的回憶)揮之不去 （不快的事情）萦绕，难以忘却 3. to visit very often. He haunts that café. 經常出沒 经常出没 noun a place one often visits. This is one of my favourite haunts. 常去的地方 常去处ˈhaunted adjective inhabited by ghosts. a haunted castle; The old house is said to be haunted. 鬧鬼的 闹鬼的IdiomsSeehaunthaunted
Synonyms for hauntedadj possessedSynonyms- possessed
- ghostly
- cursed
- eerie
- spooky
- jinxed
adj preoccupiedSynonyms- preoccupied
- worried
- troubled
- plagued
- obsessed
- tormented
Synonyms for hauntedadj having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with somethingSynonyms- obsessed
- taken up
- preoccupied
Related Wordsadj showing emotional affliction or disquietRelated Wordsadj inhabited by or as if by apparitionsRelated Words |