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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
haunting en · ADJ
Meanings
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Remaining in the mind; not easily forgotten.
Forms
Deriveds
hauntingly · unhaunting · hauntingness
Translations (3)
uk нав'я́зливий (Remaining in the mind) · ru навя́зчивый (Remaining in the mind) · bg натрапчив (Remaining in the mind)
haunting en · NOUN
Meanings
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A particular instance of haunting; a ghostly habitation.
They [most ghosts] prefer taking trips back to Earth. ... They go and try to assert their ownership of some house that once belonged to them: and then ye get what's called a Haunting.
1945, C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce:During the haunting, strange voices and noises were heard and objects flew off tables.
Forms
Deriveds
intelligent haunting · residual haunting
Translations (5)
is reimleiki (an instance of haunting) · fr hantise (an instance of haunting) · eo hantado (an instance of haunting) · hu kísértetjárás (an instance of haunting) · eo sorĉado (an instance of haunting)
haunting en · VERB
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of haunt
A ghost was haunting the house.