HAUNTED Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

haunted

verb

past tense of haunt

as in frequented

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 haunted The official teaser for the fourth and final season of Yellowjackets teases the survivors home at last, and haunted by the price of getting out alive. — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026 Forty years later, adult Calvin (Josh Hartnett) is still haunted by the event. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026 Hartnett stars as Calvin Penny, a fisherman still haunted by his father’s death 40 years ago. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2026 Many of the events are free and geared toward families, with activities ranging from pumpkin giveaways and haunted houses to live entertainment and community trick-or-treating. — CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 Fee remains haunted by his first love for Peter, which exerts a power over his life that feels like fate. — Garth Greenwell, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026 The tale of a girl on the verge of adulthood facing the threat of immigration agents and haunted by specters from Mexican folklore is told through live actors, sophisticated puppetry and an original score of Indigenous percussion. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Some relative had hanged themselves from the rafter years ago, something about the price of corn and subsidies and ruin, and Carrie said the barn was haunted. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 The team is inconsistent offensively, shoddy defensively and haunted by Dombrowski’s historic inability to build a quality bullpen. — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026

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Investigators also discovered that Alfozan had used a workplace productivity tool to research company buildings, conference room locations, meeting schedules, and areas frequented by executives.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026
This was the neighborhood where Jack the Ripper frequented and killed many of his victims and Merrick has been considered a potential Ripper by certain sections of the internet.

— Peter White, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

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Separately, Israeli President Isaac Herzog called Levine, and Yair Golan, a former general and leader of the opposition Democrats party, visited.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
The secretary general of the nine-member electoral council, Nemrod Sanon visited North Miami this week and defended the changes to the electoral framework.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026

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