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HAUNTED
haunted, obsessed, preoccupied, taken up
(adjective) having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; “became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle”; “was absolutely obsessed with the girl”; “got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children”; “he was taken up in worry for the old woman”
haunted
(adjective) inhabited by or as if by apparitions; “a haunted house”
haunted
(adjective) showing emotional affliction or disquiet; “her expression became progressively more haunted”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
haunted (comparative more haunted, superlative most haunted or hauntedest)
Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.
Obsessed (by an idea, threat, etc.).
Showing a feeling of being disturbed.
Verb
haunted
simple past tense and past participle of haunt
Anagrams
• de-haunt, dehaunt, nut head, nut-head, nuthead, undeath, unhated
Source: Wiktionary
Haunt"ed, a.
Definition: Inhabited by, or subject to the visits of, apparitions; frequented by a ghost. All houses wherein men have lived and died Are haunted houses. Longfellow.
HAUNT
Haunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Haunting.] Etym: [F. hanter; of uncertain origin, perh. from an assumed LL. ambitare to go about, fr. L. ambire (see Ambition); or cf. Icel. heimta to demand, regain, akin to heim home (see Home). sq. root36.]
1. To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon. You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house. Shak. Those cares that haunt the court and town. Swift.
2. To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition. Foul spirits haunt my resting place. Fairfax.
3. To practice; to devote one's self to. [Obs.] That other merchandise that men haunt with fraud . . . is cursed. Chaucer. Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime. Ascham.
4. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] Haunt thyself to pity. Wyclif.
Haunt, v. i.
Definition: To persist in staying or visiting. I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors. Shak.
Haunt, n.
1. A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts.
Note: In Old English the place occupied by any one as a dwelling or in his business was called a haunt.
Note: Often used figuratively. The household nook, The haunt of all affections pure. Keble. The feeble soul, a haunt of fears. Tennyson.
2. The habit of resorting to a place. [Obs.] The haunt you have got about the courts. Arbuthnot.
3. Practice; skill. [Obs.] Of clothmaking she hadde such an haunt. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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