Synonyms of haunted

haunted

verb

past tense of haunt

as in frequented

to go to or spend time in often

much of her time is spent haunting antique shops in search of unique knobs for the curio cabinets she builds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• frequented
• visited
• affected
• hung (at)
• resorted (to)
• invaded
• habituated
• infested
• attended
• patronized
• stopped (by or in)
• swarmed
• ran (in)
• called (on or upon)
• dropped in
• dropped by
• stopped (over)
• popped (in)
• stayed (at)
• camped (out in)
• took in
• overran
• sojourned (at)
• tarried (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoided
• shunned
• escaped
• shook
• evaded
• eluded
• ducked
• eschewed
• dodged

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of haunted

Before it was demolished in the early 1800s, his crumbling mansion was said to be haunted by ghosts and strange occurrences. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Decades after Eliza sets out to save her children, archivist Gaynor Baymont, who is haunted by a tragic incident from her childhood, discovers a 200-year-old letter that might finally unlock the truth about her past. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2026

The cold open was framed as a ride through a budget Halloween haunted attraction, with Grace Reiter and Jeremy Culhane as a couple on a date and Kenan Thompson as a Grim Reaper guide. — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2026

In your garden-variety ghost story, the protagonist is generally the haunted, not the haunt, and the tales themselves are generally about how unhappy the protagonist is to find he or she is haunted. — Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026

The first film stars Sosie Bacon as a therapist who becomes haunted by hallucinations after witnessing a patient die. — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026

As the illegitimate daughter of a Spanish immigrant mother, she's haunted by the memory of living with unpaid grocer's bills and no coal for the hearth. — CBS News, 29 Oct. 2026

The Warrens visited the house in March 1976 with a group that included parapsychological researchers and media personnel and concluded it was haunted. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Oct. 2026

Directed by Eggers and co-written with Sjón, Werwulf puts a new spin on the classic werewolf tale, in which a 14th-century English town is haunted by a beast who threatens the safety of a man and his family. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026