Associations to the word «Haunting»

Wiktionary

HAUNTING, verb. Present participle of haunt
HAUNTING, noun. A particular instance of haunting; a ghostly habitation.

Dictionary definition

HAUNTING, adjective. Continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy.
HAUNTING, adjective. Having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect; "from two handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of disintegration"-Charles Lee.

Wise words

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Noam Chomsky