haunting
pronunciation
How to pronounce haunting in British English:
UK [ˈhɔːntɪŋ]
How to pronounce haunting in American English:
US [ˈhɔːntɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- continually recurring to the mind
- having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect
Word Origin
- haunting (adj.)
- late 14c., present participle adjective from haunt (v.). Middle English hauntingly meant "frequently;" sense of "so as to haunt one's thoughts or memory" is from 1859.
Example
- 1. The deplorable scene is still haunting me .
- 2. The entry passage suggests more haunting comparisons .
- 3. So the question uneasily haunting some observers is where else might gravity reassert itself too ?
- 4. The carol has a primitive strength and haunting simplicity .
- 5. They say the haunting of the three chimneys inn is another tale of a young life taken too soon .