haunted
/ˈhɔːntɪd
/adjective
1(Of a place) frequented by a ghost: a reputedly haunted room in the castle...
- This journey to the dark side of Alton will include dinner at one of our local restaurants and a full - length ghost tour of haunted sites!
- His long search had brought him to this haunted city - where ghosts of the past were still not dormant.
- The site has loads of ghost stories (all said to be true), haunted places that you can visit and ghostly photos.
Synonyms
possessed, cursed, jinxed;
ghostly, eerie, unearthly, other-worldly
informal spooky
1.1Showing signs of mental anguish or torment: the hollow cheeks, the haunted eyes...
- I already knew what he would ask next, so when he shut his eyes briefly, and asked, I knew exactly what to sign back to his haunted gaze.
- Save for a few healing scrapes and bruising, only the haunted look in his green eyes shows signs of his ordeal.
- He had a haunted look in his eyes like that of a mental hospital escapee.
Synonyms
tormented, anguished, troubled, plagued, bedevilled, beleaguered, oppressed, obsessed, tortured, preoccupied, worried, disturbed