Synonyms of haunting

haunting 1 of 2

adjective

as in eerie

fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic

the haunting tones of the Highland bagpipes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eerie
• creepy
• weird
• spooky
• uncanny
• unearthly
• bizarre
• mysterious
• spectral
• terrifying
• ghostly
• unusual
• spookish
• ghoulish
• curious
• ghostlike
• quirky
• ghastly
• enigmatic
• odd
• quaint
• uncommon
• peculiar
• supernatural
• metaphysical
• outlandish
• horrible
• horrifying
• puzzling
• terrible
• outré
• inscrutable
• queerish
• dreadful
• preternatural
• unaccustomed
• fearsome

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• common
• normal
• typical
• ordinary
• usual
• everyday
• routine
• commonplace
• natural
• prosaic
• unremarkable
• familiar
• unexceptional
• predictable
• expected

haunting

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verb

present participle of haunt

as in visiting

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

• visiting
• frequenting
• affecting
• hanging (at)
• resorting (to)
• habituating
• invading
• patronizing
• attending
• swarming
• running (in)
• infesting
• calling (on or upon)
• stopping (by or in)
• stopping (over)
• staying (at)
• taking in
• dropping in
• popping (in)
• camping (out in)
• dropping by
• overrunning
• sojourning (at)
• tarrying (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avoiding
• shaking
• escaping
• evading
• shunning
• eluding
• dodging
• ducking
• eschewing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of haunting

Adjective

But what feels most haunting about the arc of then to now, about Smith’s unfathomable issues and woes — yet obvious heart and particularly evident quest to find himself in recent years — is that his words then were spoken with a sense of arrival and past tense. — Kansas City Star, 20 June 2026

One of the movie’s most haunting subplots involves prisoners, who are pulled from labor camps looking half-dead and subsequently folded into Michael Caine‘s soccer team at the Brit’s insistence, but possibly to his squad’s detriment. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 19 June 2026

Verb

There are even whispers of his ghost still haunting the area. — Olivia Young, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Their deceased friend is now haunting them, bent on taking their lives for ruining his. — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026