haunted
Americanadjective
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inhabited or frequented by ghosts.
a haunted castle.
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preoccupied, as with an emotion, memory, or idea; obsessed.
His haunted imagination gave him no peace.
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disturbed; distressed; worried.
Haunted by doubt he again turned to law books on the subject.
adjective
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frequented or visited by ghosts
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(postpositive) obsessed or worried
Other Word Forms
- unhaunted adjective
Etymology
Origin of haunted
Example Sentences
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had just been released from police custody when a haunted photo of him, slumped in the backseat of a car, suddenly dropped.
From BBC
Mother Fox later insisted she was “not a believer in haunted houses or supernatural Appearances.”
From Literature
"He was very troubled he couldn't find a way of being in the world, I think it haunted him," his mother said.
From BBC
They looked very fresh, and I wondered how she managed to grow things in the frozen ground—not to mention in a haunted wood.
From Literature
That's compounded by concerns about Andrew's well-being, a man who looked shell-shocked and haunted in photos taken after he was released from custody.
From BBC
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