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Adjective: haunted  hon-tid
  1. Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
    "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle";
    - obsessed, preoccupied, taken up
     
  2. Showing emotional affliction or disquiet
    "her expression became progressively more haunted"
     
  3. Inhabited by or as if by apparitions
    "a haunted house"
Verb: haunt  hont
  1. Follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
    "the ghost of her mother haunted her";
    - stalk
     
  2. Haunt like a ghost; pursue
    "Fear of illness haunts her";
    - obsess, ghost
     
  3. Be a regular visitor to a certain place
    "She haunts the ballet";
    - frequent

See also: concerned, inhabited, troubled

Type of: follow, preoccupy, pursue, travel to, visit

Encyclopedia: Haunted

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