adj
Meaning 1
Remaining in the mind; not easily forgotten.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He had a haunting gaze.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
haunting
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noun
Meaning 2
A particular instance of haunting; a ghostly habitation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- During the haunting, strange voices and noises were heard and objects flew off tables.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of haunt
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Examples
- A ghost was haunting the house.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
continually recurring to the mind- Claudia Cassidy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- haunting memories
- the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: persistent
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect-Charles Lee
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- from two handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of disintegration
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: натрапчив (natrapčiv) — Remaining in the mind
- Russian: навя́зчивый (navjázčivyj) — Remaining in the mind
- Ukrainian: нав'я́зливий (navʺjázlyvyj) — Remaining in the mind
- Esperanto: sorĉado — an instance of haunting
- Esperanto: hantado — an instance of haunting
- French: hantise — an instance of haunting
- Hungarian: kísértetjárás — an instance of haunting
- Icelandic: reimleiki — an instance of haunting
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