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# haunting

verb, -ing form of haunt (haunt, haunts, haunted, haunting); adjective (haunting, more haunting)

«haunting» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Of a ghost: visiting a place again and again (in stories). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunting/#m1)
2. Of a memory or worry: staying in your mind and troubling you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunting/#m2)
3. (adjective) Beautiful, sad or strange in a way you cannot forget: a haunting tune. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunting/#m3)

### In the lessons

In spooky stories and at Halloween; in music and poetry reviews describing a sad, beautiful sound. Phrases: a haunting melody, a haunting memory, haunting the castle.

### Examples

- A ghost is said to be haunting the old castle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunting/#x1)
- The song has a haunting melody. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunting/#x2)
- The haunting cry of the owl echoed through the woods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunting/#x3)
- That mistake kept haunting him for weeks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunting/#x4)
- The film's last scene is haunting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunting/#x5)
- People say a grey lady is haunting the library. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunting/#x6)
- But after a time a Baba Yaga took to haunting their hut and sucking the breasts of the merchant's daughter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunting/#x7)

### Note

Adjective use is about feelings, not ghosts: a haunting tune is just very moving. Related: haunted (a haunted house). Ghosts are not proven to be real; haunting is used in stories and legends.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «haunting» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunting/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«haunting» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/haunting.html) on Mova free.