haunting
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6.0
- adjective
- /ˈhɔːntɪŋ/
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inquietante
- That movie had a haunting atmosphere that lingered long after the credits rolled.
- haunting memories
- a haunting melody
- a haunting image
So it's just a a little bit of a haunting view of the world today.
- So it's just a a little bit of a haunting view of the world today.
- But yeah, there's a haunting nature to the end.
- The eyes are this sunset orange that's haunting and beautiful at the same time.
- And I swear for a second I heard like, like haunting music.
- Especially songs that had what I perceived as haunting melodies or instrumental hooks.
- He made remarkable films that's that are that are memorable and haunting, Right.
- And the, the statistics around this are haunting.
- It's just a haunting dead eyed baby and Chucky Ed Sheeran.
- It's, it's, it's, it's pretty haunting looking.
- Like if those AI's threaten me, that could be haunting.
Examples
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As we will explore in each episode this week, there is something haunting and fascinating about the details of this crime.
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There's something about abandoned places that is just so haunting, and I just love it.
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So it's just a a little bit of a haunting view of the world today.
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Why are they so haunting for you?
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But he wrote some fantastic, powerful, haunting poetry, most of it right at the end of the war.
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I understood how complicated it was to be an adult, and how haunting, and how lovely.
Fiction book (1992) -
This look is dark yet delicate, haunting but elegant.
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We do not live by fear of the future, by fear of mortality and its haunting anxiety.
Academic text (1994) -
The eyes are this sunset orange that's haunting and beautiful at the same time.
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Her haunting paintings and stunning watercolor portraits shown here confront the grand themes of life.
Synonyms
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6.7
Making you remember things or feel strong emotions
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4.3
Returning to your mind often and hard to forget
Antonyms
Compounds
How Memorable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Haunting comes from the old English verb haunt, which meant 'to visit often' or 'a place you go to a lot', like a favourite café you return to. So a haunting song, face, or picture is something that keeps coming back in your mind and 'stays' with you.