HUNG (AT) Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

hung (at)

verb

variants also hanged (at)

Definition of hung (at)

past tense of hang (at)

as in haunted

to go to or spend time in often most summer afternoons, we'd hang at the municipal pool for a few hours

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Reading Un regard, cleverly published during Paris Fashion Week, the book reveals itself to be a self-portrait of a wounded woman, constantly haunted by the fear of disappearing from fashion history.

— Olivier Bouchara, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026
This year, spooky season might feel legitimately haunted by the ghosts of hurts, betrayals, and resentments past.

— Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of haunted

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Science fiction author Octavia Butler, who grew up in the area, frequented the bookstore.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
According to the sheriff’s office, deputies killed the mountain lion because of the injury, the animal’s proximity to locations frequented by children and its presence in a populated area.

— Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of frequented

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The second-year tight end also visited the blue medical tent on the sideline Sunday after a 19-yard catch-and-run in which he got collided hard with a Browns defensive back.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Sep. 2026
Our photographers also visited park openings in Davis and Sacramento, and travelled to the remote Placer County community of Iowa Hill after a sheriff’s deputies engaged in a two-hour shootout with a man who killed a woman in a home nearby.

— Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026

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