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haunting

adjective

continually recurring to the mind

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
H
Ends with
G
Contains
AU
Scrabble score
12
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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adjective

  1. continually recurring to the mind

    “haunting memories”

adjective

  1. having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect

    “{'source': 'Charles Lee', 'text': 'from two handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of disintegration'}”

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haunting memories
{'source': 'Claudia Cassidy', 'text': 'the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty'}
{'source': 'Charles Lee', 'text': 'from two handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of disintegration'}

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