"haunting" meaning in English

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          "sense": "Remaining in the mind",
          "word": "натрапчив"
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          "roman": "navjázčivyj",
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          "word": "навя́зчивый"
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          "word": "intelligent haunting"
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          "sense": "an instance of haunting",
          "word": "sorĉado"
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          "code": "eo",
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          "sense": "an instance of haunting",
          "word": "hantado"
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          "sense": "an instance of haunting",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "an instance of haunting",
          "word": "kísértetjárás"
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          "sense": "an instance of haunting",
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      "word": "натрапчив"
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      "sense": "an instance of haunting",
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