haunted
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: hônt, IPA(key): /ˈhɔːntɪd/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈhɑntɪd/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːntɪd, -ɑntɪd
- Hyphenation: haunt‧ed
Adjective[edit]
haunted (comparative more haunted, superlative most haunted or hauntedest)
- Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.
- The hotel was haunted by a disembodied spirit.
- Obsessed (by an idea, threat, etc.).
- a soldier haunted by the memories of combat
- Showing a feeling of being disturbed.
- a haunted expression
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
frequented by a ghost
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obsessed
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showing a feeling of being disturbed
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See also[edit]
Verb[edit]
haunted
- simple past and past participle of haunt
- According to local legend, a ghost has haunted the mansion for two hundred years.