Haunted - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈhɔːntɪd|  American pronunciation of the word haunted
Brit.  |ˈhɔːntɪd|  British pronunciation of the word haunted
- this word is a past tense form of the verbto haunt
- this word is a past participle form of the verbto haunt

adjective

- having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something (syn: obsessed, preoccupied)
became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle
- showing emotional affliction or disquiet
her expression became progressively more haunted
- inhabited by or as if by apparitions
a haunted house

Extra examples

Folks say that house is haunted.

...a mysterious figure who was said to have haunted the moors of southwest England...

The tune haunted me all day.

For three centuries Viking raiders haunted western Europe. The bellicose Charlemagne himself felt menaced.

...his dastardly conduct in a critical moment haunted him for the rest of his life...

...a dark, forbidding house, that is reputed to be haunted...

...stories about the inn being haunted are just a lot of hooey...

...the novel's protagonist is haunted by a minatory black specter...

He perpetuates the myth that his house is haunted.

The tune haunted her all day long.

My father's ghost still haunted our house.

The pub is said to be haunted by the ghost of a former landlord.

Clare was haunted by the fear that her husband was having an affair.

The experience haunted me for years afterward.

The castle is supposed to be haunted.

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