"haunting" meaning in English

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          "text": "A ghost was haunting the house."
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          "text": "He had a haunting gaze."
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        "Remaining in the mind; not easily forgotten."
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "natrapčiv",
          "sense": "Remaining in the mind",
          "word": "натрапчив"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "navjázčivyj",
          "sense": "Remaining in the mind",
          "word": "навя́зчивый"
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          "roman": "navʺjázlyvyj",
          "sense": "Remaining in the mind",
          "word": "нав'я́зливий"
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          "word": "intelligent haunting"
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          "word": "residual haunting"
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          "text": "During the haunting, strange voices and noises were heard and objects flew off tables."
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        "A particular instance of haunting; a ghostly habitation."
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "an instance of haunting",
          "word": "sorĉado"
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        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "an instance of haunting",
          "word": "hantado"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "an instance of haunting",
          "word": "hantise"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "an instance of haunting",
          "word": "kísértetjárás"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "an instance of haunting",
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            "masculine"
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      "form": "more haunting",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "sense": "Remaining in the mind",
      "word": "натрапчив"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "navjázčivyj",
      "sense": "Remaining in the mind",
      "word": "навя́зчивый"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "navʺjázlyvyj",
      "sense": "Remaining in the mind",
      "word": "нав'я́зливий"
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      "word": "intelligent haunting"
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          "text": "During the haunting, strange voices and noises were heard and objects flew off tables."
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "an instance of haunting",
      "word": "sorĉado"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "an instance of haunting",
      "word": "hantado"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an instance of haunting",
      "word": "hantise"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an instance of haunting",
      "word": "kísértetjárás"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "an instance of haunting",
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