haunted

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haunted

  • /ˈhɔːntɪd/
  • /ˈhɑntɪd/ cot caught merger

Rhymes with -ɔːntɪd, -ɑntɪd

adjective more haunted · most haunted · hauntedest

  1. Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts. The hotel was haunted by a disembodied spirit.
  2. Obsessed (by an idea, threat, etc.). a soldier haunted by the memories of combat
  3. Showing a feeling of being disturbed. a haunted expression

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of haunt According to local legend, a ghost has haunted the mansion for two hundred years.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: obsessed, concerned, inhabited, preoccupied, troubled, taken up, possessed, fixated, demon, oversexed, populated, filled, overshadowed, eerie, visited, dogged

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adj frequented by a ghost

Españolembrujado, endemoniado
한국어유령이 나오는 yuryeong'i naoneun
日本語お化け o-bake
中文鬧鬼的 /闹鬼的 nàoguǐ de
हिन्दीभुतहा bhuthā
Portuguêsassombrado, mal-assombrado
Françaishanté
Deutschverfolgt, Spuk-
Italianostregata
Ελληνικάστοιχειωμένος stoicheioménos
Русскийс привиде́ниями s prividénijami
العربيةمَسْكُون maskūn

adj obsessed

Portuguêsobcecado
Françaisobsédé
Deutschbesessen
Italianoossessionato
Русскийодержи́мый oderžímyj, обу́яный obújanyj

adj showing a feeling of being disturbed

Portuguêsperturbado
Italianoperturbato
Русскийобеспоко́енный obespokójennyj

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@misc{haunted_2026,
  title = {haunted},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/haunted},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}