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# haunted

«haunted» in Mova's school dictionary: **Believed to be visited by ghosts: a haunted house** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective; verb form (haunt, haunts, haunted, haunting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) Believed to be visited by ghosts: a haunted house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunted/#m1)

2) (adjective) Looking worried or upset, as if troubled by something: a haunted look. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunted/#m2)

3) (past of haunt) Kept coming back to someone's mind: The memory haunted him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunted/#m3)

4) (past of haunt) Went often to a place: He haunted the library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunted/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and Halloween fun, haunted houses, castles and ships are spooky; in real life a sad memory can haunt you. Phrases: «a haunted house», «haunted by the memory», «said to be haunted».

### examples

- The old house on the hill is said to be haunted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunted/#x1)
- We went on a haunted walk at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunted/#x2)
- Her face had a haunted look after the accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunted/#x3)
- He was haunted by the mistake for years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunted/#x4)
- The school play was about a haunted castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunted/#x5)
- Ghosts are not real, but haunted stories are fun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunted/#x6)
- That it was a ruinous old castle, haunted by spirits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunted/#x7)

### note

Myth: there is no proof that ghosts exist; «haunted» places are for stories and fun. Say «HAWN-tid». Noun: haunt (a place you often go to: «our favourite haunt»).

### In the corpora

- [Then they chatter of «violet seas, tawny sands, and lizard-haunted walls» (tawny = golden brown).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows/24/)
- [Every school has legends like this: the haunted toilets, the secret tunnel, the head who sleeps in the office.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/24-school-legends/1/)
- [Once kids hear the toilets are haunted, a dripping tap and a creaky door "prove" it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/167-the-rumour-that-grows/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «haunted» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/haunted/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.