"haunting" meaning in All languages combined

See haunting on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more haunting [comparative], most haunting [superlative]
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  1. Remaining in the mind; not easily forgotten. Derived forms: hauntingly, hauntingness, unhaunting Translations (Remaining in the mind): натрапчив (natrapčiv) (Bulgarian), навя́зчивый (navjázčivyj) (Russian), нав'я́зливий (navʺjázlyvyj) (Ukrainian)
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Noun [English]

Forms: hauntings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} haunting (plural hauntings)
  1. A particular instance of haunting; a ghostly habitation. Derived forms: intelligent haunting, residual haunting Translations (an instance of haunting): sorĉado (Esperanto), hantado (Esperanto), hantise (French), kísértetjárás (Hungarian), reimleiki [masculine] (Icelandic)
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Verb [English]

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  1. present participle and gerund of haunt Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: haunt
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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