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hauntsome

hauntsome adjective: characterised or marked by haunting.

Adjective

hauntsome (comparative more hauntsome, superlative most hauntsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by haunting
    • The sudden spasm of grief that swept her little heart welled to her hauntsome eyes. She struggled valiantly, but she could withstand its oncoming no longer. She burst into a torrent of tears.1922, Everett MacDonald, Slimtonian Socker
    • The Indians were making their third visit of the season to the Polo Grounds, the cavernous arena set beneath Coogan's Bluff on the fringe of New York's hauntsome Harlem.2006, Franklin A. Lewis, The Cleveland Indians

Forms of hauntsome

comparativemore hauntsome
superlativemost hauntsome

Origin of hauntsome

From haunt + -some.

Questions about hauntsome

What does hauntsome mean?
Hauntsome means characterised or marked by haunting.
What part of speech is hauntsome?
Hauntsome is an adjective.

Words near hauntsome in the dictionary

  1. hauntologically
  2. hauntologist
  3. hauntologists
  4. hauntology
  5. haunts
  6. hauntsome
  7. haunty
  8. hauocke
  9. Haupert
  10. Hauperts
  11. haupia

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