haunting

English

Verb

haunting

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

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haunting (comparative more haunting, superlative most haunting)

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

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haunting (plural hauntings)

  1. A particular instance of haunting; a ghostly habitation.
    During the haunting, strange voices and noises were heard and objects flew off tables.
    • 1945, C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce:
      They [most ghosts] prefer taking trips back to Earth. ... They go and try to assert their ownership of some house that once belonged to them: and then ye get what's called a Haunting.

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