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haunting
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective haunting has 2 senses
- haunting(s = adj.all) persistent - continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"
- haunting(s = adj.all) Array - having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect; "from two handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of disintegration"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
haunting, adj. (of a memory, melody, etc.) poignant, wistful, evocative.
Derivative
hauntingly adv.
THESAURUS
haunting
continuous, cyclical, ever-recurring, frequent, incessant, indelible, nagging, obsessive, periodic, persistent, reappearing, recurrent, recurring, returning, revenant, thematic, thick-coming, ubiquitous, unforgettable
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