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haunt
(hônt, hŏnt)v. haunt·ed, haunt·ing, haunts
v.tr.
1. To inhabit, visit, or appear to in the form of a ghost or other supernatural being.
2. To visit often; frequent: haunted the movie theaters.
3. To come to the mind of continually; obsess: a riddle that haunted me all morning.
4. To be continually present in; pervade: the melancholy that haunts the composer's music.
v.intr.
To recur or visit often, especially as a ghost.
n.
1. A place much frequented.
2. also hant or ha'nt (hănt) or haint (hānt) Chiefly Southern US A ghost or other supernatural being.
haunt′er n.
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haunted
(ˈhɔːntɪd)adj
1. (European Myth & Legend) frequented or visited by ghosts
2. (postpositive) obsessed or worried
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Adj. | 1. | haunted - having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"; "he was taken up in worry for the old woman" concerned - feeling or showing worry or solicitude; "concerned parents of youthful offenders"; "was concerned about the future"; "we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand"; "greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child" |
2. | haunted - showing emotional affliction or disquiet; "her expression became progressively more haunted" troubled - characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need; "troubled areas"; "fell into a troubled sleep"; "a troubled expression"; "troubled teenagers" | |
3. | haunted - inhabited by or as if by apparitions; "a haunted house" inhabited - having inhabitants; lived in; "the inhabited regions of the earth" |
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haunted
adjective
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Translations
مَسْكون بالأشْباحمَكَانٌ يَتَرَدَّدُ عَلَيْهِ شَبَحٌ
strašidelný
hjemsøgt
kummitus-
gdje ima duhova
幽霊が出没する
유령이 나오는
hemsökt
ซึ่งสิงอยู่
perilitekin olmayan
ma ám
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haunted
[ˈhɔːntɪd] adjCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
haunted
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
haunted
[ˈhɔːntɪd] adj (castle, house) → abitato/a dai fantasmi or dagli spiriti; (look) → ossessionato/a, tormentato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
haunt
(hoːnt) verb1. (of a ghost) to inhabit. A ghost is said to haunt this house.
2. (of an unpleasant memory) to keep coming back into the mind of. Her look of misery haunts me.
3. to visit very often. He haunts that café.
noun a place one often visits. This is one of my favourite haunts.
ˈhaunted adjective inhabited by ghosts. a haunted castle; The old house is said to be haunted.
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haunted
→ مَكَانٌ يَتَرَدَّدُ عَلَيْهِ شَبَحٌ strašidelný hjemsøgt Spuk- στοιχειωμένος embrujado kummitus- hanté gdje ima duhova stregato 幽霊が出没する 유령이 나오는 door spoken bezeten hjemsøkt nawiedzany assombrado, ódio с привидениями hemsökt ซึ่งสิงอยู่ perili ma ám 闹鬼的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009