Synonyms for haunted
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hawn-tid, hahn- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɔn tɪd, ˈhɑn- |
Définition of haunted
Origin :- "place frequently visited," c.1300, also in Middle English, "habit, custom" (early 14c.), from haunt (v.). The meaning "spirit that haunts a place, ghost" is first recorded 1843, originally in stereotypical U.S. black speech.
- adj frequented
- I am haunted by the thought that my car may break down when I have a load of wounded.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- The dread of French domination seems to have haunted him like a nightmare.
- Extract from : « Biographical Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- It haunted him every moment, and added to the weight of sorrow which seemed crushing him.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- Her very brain and blood were haunted with the presence of Corney's father.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- The phrase has haunted me since I heard it, less than an hour ago.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- As for Regnier, on his return to England he seems to have haunted Chislehurst.
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- It haunted me; it was an obsession and a perpetual nightmare.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- It was the unlucky boat, the boat that was haunted by the gnome.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- For some time past he had been haunted by the Anarchist peril.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- A few weeks afterwards she told me how the house where she lived was haunted.
- Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various
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