haunting

Pluralhauntings

1. 1
   adjective

   Staying in your mind for a long time and hard to forget.

   Like a tune you can't stop humming, even when you want to.

   That haunting tune kept playing in my head all night.

   The film had a haunting ending that I could not forget.

   Similarunforgettable, memorable, evocative, poignant, moving

   Oppositeforgettable, unmemorable

2. 2
   nouncountable

   A time when a ghost stays in or keeps visiting a place.

   Like an unwanted guest who never leaves a house: except this guest is a ghost.

   The old house is famous for its haunting.

   Villagers told stories of a haunting at the abandoned mill.

   Similarvisitation, apparition

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3. 3
   verb

   Present participle of haunt. Use this form for something happening now, often after 'is' or 'are'.

   The ghost is haunting the old castle again.

   Strange noises are haunting the family every night.

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