haunted

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: hônt, IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːntɪd/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑntɪd/

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• Rhymes: -ɔːntɪd, -ɑntɪd
• Hyphenation: haunt‧ed

Adjective

haunted (comparative more haunted, superlative most haunted or hauntedest)

1. Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.

   The hotel was haunted by a disembodied spirit.

2. Obsessed (by an idea, threat, etc.).

   a soldier haunted by the memories of combat

3. Showing a feeling of being disturbed.

   a haunted expression

Derived terms

• haunted fish tank
• haunted house
• hauntedly
• hauntedness
• unhaunted

Translations

frequented by a ghost

Arabic: مَسْكُون m (maskūn) Gulf Arabic: مسكون (maskūn) Cebuano: abtanan, hamokan, taw-an Chinese: Mandarin: 鬧鬼的 / 闹鬼的 (nàoguǐ de) Czech: posedlý Esperanto: fantomloĝita Finnish: kummitus- (the verb kummitella is more often used) French: hanté (fr) German: verfolgt (de), Spuk- (de) Greek: στοιχειωμένος (el) m (stoicheioménos) Hindi: भुतहा (bhuthā) Italian: stregata (it) Japanese: お化け (ja) (おばけ, o-bake) Korean: 유령이 나오는 (yuryeong'i naoneun) Macedonian: о́пседнат (ópsednat), прого́нуван (progónuvan) Malay: please add this translation if you can Maori: whakahaehae Norwegian: Bokmål: hjemsøkt Nynorsk: heimsøkt Polish: nawiedzony Portuguese: assombrado (pt) m, mal-assombrado m Russian: с привиде́ниями (s prividénijami) Spanish: embrujado (es), encantado (es), endemoniado (es) Swedish: hemsökt (sv) Thai: มีผีสิง (mii-pǐi-sǐng) Turkish: cinli (tr), perili (tr)

obsessed

Bulgarian: обсебен (bg) (obseben) Esperanto: plagita French: obsédé (fr) German: besessen (de) Italian: ossessionato (it) Macedonian: о́пседнат (ópsednat) Portuguese: obcecado (pt) Russian: одержи́мый (ru) (oderžímyj), обу́яный (obújanyj) Spanish: obsesionado (es), poseído (es) Swedish: besatt (sv) Thai: หลอกหลอน (th) (lɔ̀ɔk-lɔ̌ɔn)

showing a feeling of being disturbed

Finnish: ahdistunut (fi) Italian: perturbato (it) Portuguese: perturbado (pt) Russian: обеспоко́енный (ru) (obespokójennyj) Spanish: perturbado (es) Swedish: jagad (sv)

See also

• cursed

Verb

haunted

1. simple past and past participle of haunt

   According to local legend, a ghost has haunted the mansion for two hundred years.

Anagrams

• de-haunt, dehaunt, nut head, nut-head, nuthead, undeath, unhated