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haunting en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Remaining in the mind; not easily forgotten.
    • He had a haunting gaze.

Forms

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most haunting Degree=Sup lexicographic
more haunting Degree=Cmp lexicographic

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

  1. 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

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hauntings Number=Plur lexicographic

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

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of haunt
    form of haunt
    • A ghost was haunting the house.