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Definition of "haunted" []

  • Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts. (adjective)
  • Obsessed (by an idea, threat, etc.). (adjective)
  • Showing a feeling of being disturbed. (adjective)
  • Simple past tense and past participle of haunt. (verb)

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Use "haunted" in a sentence
  • "Emily Dickinson, an American poet, once wrote, «Nature is a haunted house, but art is a house that tries to be haunted»."
  • "It's not a role I contemplated, but the title haunted me for years."
  • "It's funny, I'm not a bit frightened at what they call the haunted room here -- the room that's next to Aunt Blanche's, in the other wing of the house."