haunted
pronunciation
How to pronounce haunted in British English:
UK [ˈhɔ:ntɪd]
How to pronounce haunted in American English:
US [ˈhɔntɪd]
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- Adjective:
- having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
- showing emotional affliction or disquiet
- inhabited by or as if by apparitions
Word Origin
- haunted (adj.)
- early 14c., "accustomed;" 1570s, "much-frequented;" past participle adjective from haunt (v.). Meaning "visited by ghosts" is from 1711; haunted house attested by 1733.
Example
- 1. Many towns have a creeky old house that some locals believe to be haunted .
- 2. Then check in to one of these 10 haunted hotels and test your tolerance for the paranormal .
- 3. For example , in most successful children 's literature , a haunted tower would be genuinely spooky .
- 4. At age 11 , john sandall and his mother flee the puritan arrival in their village and live according to older laws in a haunted wood .
- 5. And the stories are intriguing , the most gripping being the one about the events at borley rectory , reputedly the most haunted house in england until it was demolished in 1944 .