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

See also: concerned, inhabited, troubled

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

Encyclopedia: Haunted

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