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haunted

[hawn-tid, hahn-]

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adjective

inhabited or frequented by ghosts: a haunted castle.

preoccupied, as with an emotion, memory, or idea; obsessed: His haunted imagination gave him no peace.

disturbed; distressed; worried: Haunted by doubt he again turned to law books on the subject.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English; see haunt, -ed²

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un·haunt·ed, adjective

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Olsen took up the question of the artist's struggle to produce, a theme that haunted her all her life.

He is mourning his mother's recent death and throughout he is haunted by memories of her and of his dead sister and father.

Parallel universes have haunted science fiction for decades, but a surprising number of top scientists believe they are real.

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Olsen took up the question of the artist's struggle to produce, a theme that haunted her all her life.

He is mourning his mother's recent death and throughout he is haunted by memories of her and of his dead sister and father.

Parallel universes have haunted science fiction for decades, but a surprising number of top scientists believe they are real.

Five centuries ago demons haunted our world, with incubi and succubi tormenting victims as they lay asleep.

Halloween is almost here, so it's time to get your haunted house in gear.

Scott is being chased by a haunted wheelchair still makes me want to leave.

The country is still haunted by insurgents but the health ministry estimates that six times as many.

Nearly every lake is haunted by the cry of the loon.

Two centuries ago spirits haunted our world, with ghosts.

The claustrophobic flyer haunted by a gremlin on the wing of his.

She couldn't find the entrance again, so she haunted the caves forever, looking for her family.

She is haunted both by the children she could never have and the books she has never managed to write, insistent ghosts.

Months later these scenes have re-emerged and haunted my dreams.

Besides, you can't move forward if you are haunted by your past.

It solves a few technical problems that have haunted keyboard-style remotes for years.

After ten years of being out of a similar situation, my son is still haunted by what he had to put up with.

Roam the suburbs, and the neat brick housing estates are haunted by mock-Tudor ghosts.

Vampires sheds light on why this archetypal image has haunted us for so long.

BallantyneShe will no doubt shortly find that she is to be forever haunted by her own rashness.

He haunted rumor sites and chat forums to see if other people had received their machines.

Don't underestimate the haunted house you're playing in.

Ora cries out in her sleep, haunted by the accidental death of her best friend.

Still haunted by its beauty and a longing to return someday.

Call these ghosts if you will, and if you don't believe go to some of the badly haunted sites.

Slabaugh, haunted by his mother's death since his teen years, didn't hesitate to have the operation.

He was haunted by the contrast between the rich world he inhabited and the poor world he had grown up.

The restless spirits were left behind to frolic in their haunted oasis.

It was started as a gay joke years ago and has haunted both communities since.

He started to panic that he'd lose the melody and be haunted by it forever and his talent would be gone.

As for supply, the picture in much of the developed world is haunted by demography.

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verb (used with object)

to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost: to haunt a house; to haunt a person.

to recur persistently to the consciousness of; remain with: Memories of love haunted him.

to visit frequently; go to often: He haunted the galleries and bars that the artists went to.

to frequent the company of; be often with: He haunted famous men, hoping to gain celebrity for himself.

to disturb or distress; cause to have anxiety; trouble; worry: His youthful escapades came back to haunt him.

verb (used without object)

to reappear continually as a spirit or ghost.

to visit habitually or regularly.

to remain persistently; loiter; stay; linger.

noun

Often, haunts. a place frequently visited: to return to one's old haunts.

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Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. and North England. a ghost.

Origin:
1200–50; Middle English haunten < Old French hanter to frequent, probably < Old Norse heimta to lead home, derivative of heim homewards; see home

Related forms

haunt·er, noun

Synonyms
3. frequent. 5. obsess, beset, vex, plague.

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World English Dictionary

haunted (ˈhɔːntɪd)

—*adj*
1.	frequented or visited by ghosts
2.	(postpositive) obsessed or worried

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Word Origin & History

haunt

early 13c., from O.Fr. hanter "to frequent, resort to, be familiar with" (12c.), probably from O.N. heimta "bring home," from P.Gmc. *khaimat-janan, from *khaimaz- (see home). Use in ref. to a spirit returning to the house where it had lived perhaps was in P.Gmc., but it was

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reinforced by Shakespeare's plays, and it is first recorded 1590 in "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The noun meaning "spirit that haunts a place, ghost" is first recorded 1843, originally in stereotypical U.S. black speech. Haunts (n.) "place or places one frequents" is early 14c., from the verb.

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