A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism.
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Haunting
Synonyms for "haunting" (23 found)
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8 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- натрапчив adj (Remaining in the mind)
Esperanto
2 entries- hantado noun (an instance of haunting)
- sorĉado noun (an instance of haunting)
French
1 entries- hantise noun (an instance of haunting)
Hungarian
1 entries- kísértetjárás noun (an instance of haunting)
Icelandic
1 entries- reimleiki noun (an instance of haunting)
Russian
1 entries- навя́зчивый adj (Remaining in the mind)
Ukrainian
1 entries- нав'я́зливий adj (Remaining in the mind)
Sample sentences
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A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of communism.
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I've always found this song to be so haunting.
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Mary has haunting green eyes.
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