'Haunted' definitions:
Definition of 'haunted'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"; "he was taken up in worry for the old woman" [syn: haunted, obsessed, preoccupied, taken up(p)]
adjective
Showing emotional affliction or disquiet; "her expression became progressively more haunted"
adjective
Inhabited by or as if by apparitions; "a haunted house"
Definition of 'Haunted'
From: GCIDE
- Haunt \Haunt\ (h[aum]nt; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Haunting.] [F. hanter; of uncertain origin, perh. from an assumed LL. ambitare to go about, fr. L. ambire (see Ambition); or cf. Icel. heimta to demand, regain, akin to heim home (see Home). [root]36.]
- 1. To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon. [1913 Webster]
- You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Those cares that haunt the court and town. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition; -- said of spirits or ghosts, especially of dead people; as, the murdered man haunts the house where he died. [1913 Webster]
- Foul spirits haunt my resting place. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To practice; to devote one's self to. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- That other merchandise that men haunt with fraud . . . is cursed. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime. --Ascham. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Haunt thyself to pity. --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Haunted'
From: GCIDE
- Haunted \Haunt"ed\, a. Inhabited by, or subject to the visits of, apparitions; frequented by a ghost. [1913 Webster]
- All houses wherein men have lived and died Are haunted houses. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'haunted'
From: Moby Thesaurus