HAUNTED


Meaning of HAUNTED in English

adjective

1. : filled , infested — now usually used in combination

a sad, kindly, God- haunted man — S.N.Behrman

seal- haunted isle — A.A.MacGregor

moved … from one dust- haunted base to another — Martin Quigley

2. : inhabited by or as if by apparitions : frequented by ghosts

a haunted house

as dusk comes on Kipling's study in the most haunted place I know — Christopher Morley

3. : harassed , afflicted , troubled

the deep haunted eyes of a man whose convictions have burned him hollow — T.H.White b. 1915

• haunt·ed·ness noun -es

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.