haunted

/ˈhɔːn.tɪd/

adjectiveverbhaunt · ed

Think: a ghost says “HORN!” as it HAUNTS the house—HAUNT + ED (it already happened).

Yes, it's haunted. Don’t drop the silent letters: keep the A and U together in **haunt** (like **taunt**) before adding **-ed**.

Definitions

  1. adjective(of a place) believed to be visited by ghosts or spirits.
  2. adjectivetroubled repeatedly by a memory, feeling, or fear.
  3. verbsimple past tense and past participle of haunt; to visit or appear in a place repeatedly (as a ghost), or to keep coming back to someone’s mind.

Examples

  • “The old house on the hill is said to be haunted.”
  • “Even years later, the mistake haunted him whenever he tried to sleep.”
  • “We toured a haunted mansion during the Halloween festival.”

Synonyms

spookyghostlycursedpossessedtormented

Antonyms

untroubledpeaceful

Translations

ES embrujadoPT assombradoFR hanté

Common misspellings

hantedhauntidhaunttedhountedhauntededhaunntedhauntedhaünted

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