Synonyms for Haunting

Synonyms for "haunting" (65 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Noun(6 words)

apparition disturb dogging dybbuk eerieeerie quality

Verb(1 words)

besetting

continuous cyclic cyclical ever-recurring

Adjective(2 words)

eeriest eery

Strong matches (20)

Noun(10 words)

evocative evocativeness ghost ghostliness ghostly haunt lyrical memorable memory mystique

frequent incessant indelible

Adjective(7 words)

gothic livesgothic manngothic musicgothic wato fictiongothic wato narrativegothic watoshaunted

Related words (32)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

14 entries

aesthetic qualityaffect appear atmosphere cognitiondescriptive adjectiveinfluence memorymental contentmood occurrence phenomenonqualitative descriptorvisit

More specific

16 entries

evocative imageghost sightingghost visitationghostlyghostly settinglingering imagemelancholicmysterious moodnostalgic memorypersistent memorypoignantpoltergeist incidentspectralspectral appearancespectral visitationtraumatic memory

Collocations

7 entries

haunting atmospherehaunting beautyhaunting imagehaunting melodyhaunting memoryhaunting refrainhaunting reminder

Inflections

5 entries

haunted hauntier hauntiest hauntings haunts

Derivations

4 entries

haunt haunted haunter hauntingly

similar

2 entries

moving unforgettable

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism.

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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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Haunting