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haunting

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haunt·ing  (hôntng, hn-)
adj.
Continually recurring to the mind; unforgettable: a haunting melody.
haunting·ly adv.
haunting
Adjective
having a quality of great beauty or sadness so as to be memorable: a haunting melody
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Adj.1.haunting - continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy
persistent
unforgettable - impossible to forget
2.haunting - having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect; "from two handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of disintegration"-Charles Lee
moving - arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion; "she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter"- N. Hawthorne
haunting
adjective evocative, poignant, unforgettable, indelible
Translations
Spanish haunting [ˈhɔːntɪŋ] adj [sight, music] → evocativo
French haunting [ˈhɔːntɪŋ] adj [sight, music] → obsédant(e)
German haunting [ˈhɔːntɪŋ] haunt adj (music) → eindringlich;
a haunting sight → ein Anblick, der einen nicht loslässt
Italian haunting [ˈhɔːntɪŋ] adj [sight, music] → ossessionante, che perseguita
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A spectre is haunting Europe -- the spectre of Communism.
The Communist Manifesto by Marx, Karl & Engles, Frederick View in context
If you knew what my thoughts are; if you knew how hard I have fought against them, and how horribly they have gone on haunting me in the lonely quiet of this house, you would pity and forgive me.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
"These squires," returned Dona Rodriguez, "are always our enemies; and as they are the haunting spirits of the antechambers and watch us at every step, whenever they are not saying their prayers (and that's often enough) they spend their time in tattling about us, digging up our bones and burying our good name.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
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