haunting

English

Verb

haunting

present participle and gerund of haunt
A ghost was haunting the house.

Adjective

haunting (comparative more haunting, superlative most haunting)

Remaining in the mind; not easily forgotten.
He had a haunting gaze.

Translations

Remaining in the mind

Bulgarian: натрапчив (bg) (natrapčiv)
Russian: навя́зчивый (ru) (navjázčivyj)
Ukrainian: нав'я́зливий (navʺjázlyvyj)

Noun

haunting (plural hauntings)

A particular instance of haunting; a ghostly habitation.
During the haunting, strange voices and noises were heard and objects flew off tables.

Derived terms

Translations

an instance of haunting

Esperanto: sorĉado, hantado
French: hantise (fr)
Hungarian: kísértetjárás (hu)
Icelandic: reimleiki m

Anagrams

Nighantu, nighantu, unhating

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