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haunt·ing

(hôn′tĭng, hŏn′-)

adj.

Continually recurring to the mind; unforgettable: a haunting melody.

haunt′ing·ly adv.

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haunting

(ˈhɔːntɪŋ)

adj

1. (of memories) poignant or persistent

2. poignantly sentimental; enchantingly or eerily evocative

ˈhauntingly adv

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Adj.	1.	haunting - continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy persistent unforgettable - impossible to forget
	2.	haunting - having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect; "from two handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of disintegration"-Charles Lee moving - arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion; "she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter"- N. Hawthorne

haunting

adjective evocative, poignant, unforgettable, indelible the haunting calls of wild birds

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Translations

ossessionante

haunting

[ˈhɔːntɪŋ] ADJ [sight, music] → evocador; [melody] → inolvidable

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

haunting

[ˈhɔːntɪŋ] adj [sound, image, words] → obsédant(e)

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haunting

adj doubt → quälend, nagend; tune, visions, poetry, cry, eyes → eindringlich; memory → lastend; music → schwermütig; these haunting final chords → diese Schlussakkorde, die einen nicht loslassen

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haunting

[ˈhɔːntɪŋ] adj (sight, music) → che non si riesce a togliere dalla mente, ossessionante

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