/hawn"tid, hahn"-/ , adj.
1. inhabited or frequented by ghosts: a haunted castle.
2. preoccupied, as with an emotion, memory, or idea; obsessed: His haunted imagination gave him no peace.
3. disturbed; distressed; worried: Haunted by doubt he again turned to law books on the subject.
[ 1275-1325; ME; see HAUNT, -ED 2 ]