haunted

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

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• Hyphenation: haunt‧ed

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

haunted

1. simple past tense and past participle of haunt

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

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