We are haunted by an ideal life, and it is because we have within us the beginning and the possibility for it.
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Haunted
//ˈhɔːntɪd//
Synonyms for "haunted" (33 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (16)
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Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
5 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- مسكون adj (frequented by a ghost)
- مَسْكُون adj (frequented by a ghost)
Bulgarian
1 entries- обсебен adj (obsessed)
Cebuano
3 entries- abtanan adj (frequented by a ghost)
- hamokan adj (frequented by a ghost)
- taw-an adj (frequented by a ghost)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 鬧鬼的 /闹鬼的 adj (frequented by a ghost)
Czech
1 entries- posedlý adj (frequented by a ghost)
Esperanto
2 entries- fantomloĝita adj (frequented by a ghost)
- plagita adj (obsessed)
Finnish
2 entries- ahdistunut adj (showing a feeling of being disturbed)
- kummitus adj (frequented by a ghost)
French
2 entries- hanté adj (frequented by a ghost)
- obsédé adj (obsessed)
German
3 entries- Spuk adj (frequented by a ghost)
- besessen adj (obsessed)
- verfolgt adj (frequented by a ghost)
Greek
1 entries- στοιχειωμένος adj (frequented by a ghost)
Hindi
1 entries- भुतहा adj (frequented by a ghost)
Italian
3 entries- ossessionato adj (obsessed)
- perturbato adj (showing a feeling of being disturbed)
- stregata adj (frequented by a ghost)
Japanese
1 entries- お化け adj (frequented by a ghost)
Korean
1 entries- 유령이 나오는 adj (frequented by a ghost)
Macedonian
3 entries- о́пседнат adj (frequented by a ghost)
- о́пседнат adj (obsessed)
- прого́нуван adj (frequented by a ghost)
Māori
1 entries- whakahaehae adj (frequented by a ghost)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hjemsøkt adj (frequented by a ghost)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- heimsøkt adj (frequented by a ghost)
Polish
1 entries- nawiedzony adj (frequented by a ghost)
Portuguese
4 entries- assombrado adj (frequented by a ghost)
- mal-assombrado adj (frequented by a ghost)
- obcecado adj (obsessed)
- perturbado adj (showing a feeling of being disturbed)
Russian
4 entries- обеспоко́енный adj (showing a feeling of being disturbed)
- обу́яный adj (obsessed)
- одержи́мый adj (obsessed)
- с привиде́ниями adj (frequented by a ghost)
Spanish
4 entries- embrujado adj (frequented by a ghost)
- encantado adj (frequented by a ghost)
- endemoniado adj (frequented by a ghost)
- obsesionado adj (obsessed)
Swedish
3 entries- besatt adj (obsessed)
- hemsökt adj (frequented by a ghost)
- jagad adj (showing a feeling of being disturbed)
Thai
2 entries- มีผีสิง adj (frequented by a ghost)
- หลอกหลอน adj (obsessed)
Turkish
2 entries- cinli adj (frequented by a ghost)
- perili adj (frequented by a ghost)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The house is said to be haunted.
Source: tatoeba (49406)
They say this old house is haunted.
Source: tatoeba (59382)
The haunted house? I won't be able to sleep at night.
Source: tatoeba (64748)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.