haunting

[US]/'hɔːntɪŋ/
[UK]/'hɔntɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. unforgettable, lingering in the mind
v. frequenting; haunting someone; lingering in one's mind

Phrases & Collocations

haunting melody

haunting memories

Example Sentences

haunting and elegiac poems.

the haunting of Calgarth Hall.

the sweet haunting sound of pan pipes.

The spectre of economic crisis is constantly haunting some countries.

.. haunting ground demento louischou gameplay capcom horror ...

The carol has a primitive strength and haunting simplicity.

the raucous soundscape of a city street; a play with a haunting soundscape.

His music is a haunting mix of guitar, synthesizer, oriental gongs and bells.

The film’s haunting musical theme stayed in my head for days.

A tale of two Moonlovers and their flight to sanctuary.Beautiful haunting instrumental music featuring France's Celtic harp plus Irish whistles, keyboards, guitar, kalimba, theremin and percussion.

Katelyn Pippy:《Winters》《Maybe It's in the Water》《The Haunting Hour Volume One: Don't Think About It》

The light jumps and flickers, making everything inside the cave seem as if it's flickering and shifting, giving an air of haunting otherworldliness to the cave.

Whittled by a half million years of wind and rain, the haunting claystone hills and buttes of Badlands National Park rise above the surrounding sea of grasslands.

Real-world Examples

And ever since she died, her ghost has been haunting me.

Source: Our Day This Season 1

Well, maybe it's his ghost. Maybe he's haunting us.

Source: Stranger Things Season 1

Take a haunting tour through the Fallen Monument Park.

Source: Vacation Travel City Guide (Video Version)

Right now she's specializing in haunting me ...

Source: Lost Girl Season 3

The home Harry might have had if Wormtail had not escaped had been haunting him all summer.

Source: 4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

It just brings some haunting memories from that day.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

The haunting music there ending that report by Peter Hunt.

Source: BBC Listening Collection May 2016

It's about a haunting film done by Abel Gance.

Source: Yale University Open Course: European Civilization (Audio Version)

It was the most haunting image of a sickening afternoon.

Source: CNN Listening Compilation April 2023

Then, at long last, he heard a snatch of haunting mersong.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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