hauntsome

English

Etymology

From haunt +‎ -some.

Adjective

hauntsome (comparative more hauntsome, superlative most hauntsome)

1. Characterised or marked by haunting
   • 1922, Everett MacDonald, Slimtonian Socker:

     The sudden spasm of grief that swept her little heart welled to her hauntsome eyes. She struggled valiantly, but she could withstand its oncoming no longer. She burst into a torrent of tears.

   • 2006, Franklin A. Lewis, The Cleveland Indians:

     The Indians were making their third visit of the season to the Polo Grounds, the cavernous arena set beneath Coogan's Bluff on the fringe of New York's hauntsome Harlem.