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haunt (HAWNT) (verb), haunts; haunted; haunting
1. To visit often; to frequent: They haunted the movie theaters at least twice a week.
2. To obsess the mind constantly until it is relieved by coming to a solution: Not knowing the meaning of the word haunted Harriet until she found its definition.
3. To be continually present in; to pervade: All of the terrible things that are happening in the world haunt a lot of people.
4. To inhabit, to visit, or to appear in the form of a ghost or other supernatural being: There were those who thought the old house was being haunted by ghosts because of the strange noises that the neighbors frequently heard late in the nights.
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haunting (adjective), more haunting, most haunting
Pertaining to being sad or beautiful to such a degree that it is difficult to forget: The haunting sounds of the singer's voice could not be forgotten by many people in the audience.
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