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

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley