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Hunted vs. Haunted

Hunted and Haunted Definitions

Hunted

To pursue (game) for food or sport.

Haunted

To inhabit, visit, or appear to in the form of a ghost or other supernatural being.

Hunted

To search through (an area) for prey
Hunted the ridges.

Haunted

To visit often; frequent
Haunted the movie theaters.

Hunted

To make use of (hounds, for example) in pursuing game.

Haunted

To come to the mind of continually; obsess
A riddle that haunted me all morning.
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Hunted

To pursue intensively so as to capture or kill
Hunted down the escaped convict.

Haunted

To be continually present in; pervade
The melancholy that haunts the composer's music.

Hunted

To seek out; search for.

Haunted

To recur or visit often, especially as a ghost.

Hunted

To drive out forcibly, especially by harassing; chase away
Hunted the newcomers out of town.

Haunted

A place much frequented.
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Hunted

To pursue game.

Haunted

Also hant or ha'nt (hănt) or haint (hānt) Chiefly Southern US A ghost or other supernatural being.

Hunted

To make a search; seek.

Haunted

Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts. Category:en:Horror
The hotel was haunted by a disembodied spirit.

Hunted

To yaw back and forth about a flight path, as if seeking a new direction or another angle of attack. Used of an aircraft, rocket, or space vehicle.

Haunted

Obsessed (by an idea, threat, etc.).
A soldier haunted by the memories of combat
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Hunted

To rotate up and down or back and forth without being deflected by the pilot. Used of a control surface or a rocket motor in gimbals.

Haunted

Showing a feeling of being disturbed.
A haunted expression

Hunted

To oscillate about a selected value. Used of a machine, instrument, or system.

Haunted

Simple past tense and past participle of haunt
According to local legend, a ghost has haunted the mansion for two hundred years.

Hunted

To swing back and forth; oscillate. Used of an indicator on a display or instrument panel.

Haunted

Inhabited by, or subject to the visits of, apparitions; frequented by a ghost.
All houses wherein men have lived and diedAre haunted houses.

Hunted

The act or sport of hunting
An enthusiast for the hunt.

Haunted

Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something;
Became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle
Was absolutely obsessed with the girl
Got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children
He was taken up in worry for the old woman

Hunted

A hunting expedition or outing, usually with horses and hounds.

Haunted

Showing emotional affliction or disquiet;
Her expression became progressively more haunted

Hunted

Those taking part in such an expedition or outing.

Haunted

Inhabited by or as if by apparitions;
A haunted house

Hunted

The hunting season for a particular animal
Last year's deer hunt.

Hunted

A diligent search or pursuit
On a hunt for cheap gas.

Hunted

Being the subject of a hunt.

Hunted

(figuratively) Nervous and agitated, as if pursued.
He looked up with a hunted expression.

Hunted

Simple past tense and past participle of hunt

Hunted

Reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted;
The hopeless hunted look on the prisoner's face
A glitter of apprehension in her hunted eyes

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