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hainted

hainted is the alternative form of haunted.

hainted is the simple past and past participle of haint.

Meaning of haunted

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

Meaning of haint

Noun

haint (plural haints)

  1. (US, dialectal) A ghost; a supernatural being; Alternative form of haunt.
    • "Ain't you scared of haints?"1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC, part 2, page 254

Forms of hainted

comparativemore hainted
superlativemost hainted

Questions about hainted

What is hainted the alternative form of?
Hainted is the alternative form of haunted.

Words near hainted in the dictionary

  1. hains
  2. Hainsworth
  3. Hainsworths
  4. haint
  5. haint blue
  6. hainted
  7. hainting
  8. haints
  9. Haiphong
  10. haique
  11. haiques

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hainted (page history and authors); haunted (page history and authors); haint (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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