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[ hawn-ting, hahn- ] / ˈhɔn tɪŋ, ˈhɑn- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR haunting ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveremaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten: haunting music; haunting memories. nounthe act of a person or thing that haunts; visitation. Origin of hauntingMiddle English word dating back to 1275–1325; see origin at haunt, -ing2, -ing1 OTHER WORDS FROM hauntinghaunt·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby hauntinghaul up, haunch, haunch bone, haunt, haunted, haunting, Hauppauge, Hauptmann, Hauraki Gulf, hauriant, Hausa Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hauntingThis sultry ballad about break-ups and make-ups in the City of Angels is haunting stuff. The 14 Best Songs of 2014: Bobby Shmurda, Future Islands, Drake, and More|Marlow Stern|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST A study in American military control, a haunting sui generis novel, and a playful new short story collection. This Weeks Hot Reads: November 3, 2014|Nicholas Mancusi|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST I ask Vlad what his worst memory was about his time in Russia, and his answers are haunting. ‘To Russia With Love’: Can Johnny Weir Save Russia’s Gays?|Kevin Fallon|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST There was a feeling of sweetness and a haunting beauty in both his personality and his music. When Gary Wright Met George Harrison: Dream Weaver, John and Yoko, and More|Gary Wright|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Television news can be a glorious medium, filled with striking human drama and haunting sorrow. We Interrupt This Broadcast: How a TV Producer Learned to Write Fiction|George Lerner|September 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST She seemed to be troubled with some haunting suspicion that this was not an orthodox cat. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 20, March 25, 1897|Various They take up their abode in a dwelling which has absolutely no traditions of haunting. Ghosts I Have Seen|Violet Tweedale Her pallor, her most haunting stare, have already sown chaos in the heart of a certain important personage. Clair de Lune|Michael Strange The Norumbia was off the Banks, and the second day of fog was cold as if icebergs were haunting the opaque pallor around her. The March Family Trilogy, Complete|William Dean Howells It possessed a beauty that left me helpless—yet there was an indefinable sadness in it that might have suggested a haunting fear. Wings of the Wind|Credo Harris
British Dictionary definitions for haunting
adjective(of memories) poignant or persistent poignantly sentimental; enchantingly or eerily evocative Derived forms of hauntinghauntingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hauntingmemorable, nostalgic, spooky, eerie, repeated, nagging, ongoing, persistent, recurrent, obsessive |