as in eerie
fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic
the haunting tones of the Highland bagpipes
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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
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Recent Examples of haunting
Jason Quick, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Directed by Alia Azamat Ashkenazi, a two-time United Nations Award winner, the film explores the haunting legacy of a real-life government scheme that displaced thousands of children from La Réunion to rural France under false pretenses.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
Photovogue, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
The combination of a ballooning valuation and huge profit declines since the company’s heyday at the turn of the decade makes the Magic Premium a Halloween ghoul that’s haunting Wall Street.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
And maybe that’s why Billups’ look in court was so haunting on Thursday.
—Jason Quick, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Directed by Alia Azamat Ashkenazi, a two-time United Nations Award winner, the film explores the haunting legacy of a real-life government scheme that displaced thousands of children from La Réunion to rural France under false pretenses.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
Other artists address psychological and ecological rupture, from Shirin Neshat’s haunting meditations on freedom to Sharbendu De’s visions of climate futures.
—Photovogue, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
The combination of a ballooning valuation and huge profit declines since the company’s heyday at the turn of the decade makes the Magic Premium a Halloween ghoul that’s haunting Wall Street.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for haunting
Adjective
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The office also provides real-time election feedback — and an almost eerie level of transparency — in the form of 59 cameras live-streaming operations 24/7.—
Rose Evans
November 3,
Idaho Statesman,
3 Nov. 2025
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Halloween plans could change on a whim, conversations could take wild turns and the costumes could be especially shocking, given their eerie resemblance to your worst nightmare.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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One was visiting Ramallah and going through the checkpoint in Qalandia into Jerusalem.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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This appeal to nuance is perhaps a vestige of Tebow’s years visiting the Philippines, his birthplace, with his parents.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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However, his biggest strength as a pageant coach doesn’t come from nearly 40 years of civil litigation and frequenting courthouses.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Financial sacrifices, dilemmas loom Norfolk military families said the shutdown had heightened the stakes of their financial choices, from comparison-shopping for the cheapest toilet paper to frequenting Costco to buy in bulk.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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The moment played out on Season 3 of The Traitors, when Sandoval and the other contestants braved a creepy cabin full of singing dolls and had to memorize and perform backwards nursery rhymes.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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The rapper began teasing the 11-song project with some suitably creepy videos and visuals on social media just a few hours before the LP’s midnight release.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
31 Oct. 2025
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The turmoil affecting air travel prompted Delta Air Lines on Thursday to demand that Congress reopen the government immediately.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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Constipation can occur with iron supplements by affecting gut bacteria and pulling stool-softening water from your colon.—
Emmanuella Ogbonna,
Health,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Haunting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haunting. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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