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haunted

Syllables: haunt·ed/ˈhɔːntɪd/

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cot caught merger/ˈhɑntɪd/

haunted adjective: of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts. Also the simple past and past participle of haunt.

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

Also used as

haunted is also the simple past and past participle of haunt.

haunted meaning in Hindi, Kannada, Nepali and Arabic

haunted in Hindi

frequented by a ghost
भुतहा bhuthā

haunted in Kannada

ಗೀಳುಹಿಡಿದವರು, ಗೀಳುಹಿಡಿದ

haunted in Nepali

प्रेतवाधित

haunted in Arabic

frequented by a ghost
مَسْكُون maskūn
More languagesFewer languages
haunted in Thai
มีผีสิง mii-pǐi-sǐng, หลอกหลอน lɔ̀ɔk-lɔ̌ɔn

Forms of haunted

comparativemore haunted
superlativemost haunted
superlativehauntedest

Words formed from haunted

Phrases with haunted

Words that rhyme with haunted

Questions about haunted

What does haunted mean?
Haunted means of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.
What is haunted in Hindi?
Haunted in Hindi is भुतहा (bhuthā). See Haunted meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is haunted?
Haunted is an adjective.
How do you pronounce haunted?
Haunted is pronounced /ˈhɔːntɪd/.

Words near haunted in the dictionary

  1. Hauns
  2. haunt
  3. hauntable
  4. Hauntaholic
  5. Hauntaholics
  6. haunted
  7. haunted fish tank
  8. haunted house
  9. haunted houses
  10. hauntedest
  11. hauntedly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: haunted (page history and authors); haunted (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); haunted (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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