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haunting   (TTS Sound)

The verb haunt has 3 senses

• haunt, stalk -- (follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her")


• haunt, obsess, ghost -- (haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her")


• frequent, haunt -- (be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She haunts the ballet")

The adj haunting has 2 senses

• haunting, persistent -- (continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy)


• haunting -- (having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect; "from two handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of disintegration"-Charles Lee)