haunting

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8

Definition of haunting

3 senses · 3 parts of speech

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of haunt
    “A ghost was haunting the house.”
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verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of haunt
    “A ghost was haunting the house.”

adj

  1. Remaining in the mind; not easily forgotten.
    “He had a haunting gaze.”

noun

  1. A particular instance of haunting; a ghostly habitation.
    “During the haunting, strange voices and noises were heard and objects flew off tables.”
    “They [most ghosts] prefer taking trips back to Earth. ... They go and try to assert their ownership of some house that once belonged to them: and then ye get what's called a Haunting.”

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