Meanings
nounhaunted house (countable and uncountable, plural haunted houses)
plural haunted houses
- countableuncountableAn amusement attraction in which a building or series of rooms is decorated to frighten the people who pass through.
Lisette can't wait to create a haunted house on Halloween night.
- uncountableentertainmentSynonym of witch house (“music genre”).
This enigmatic bunch are a reaction to Manchester's musical past, with a blend of haunted house and rave dynamics
2011 March 25, Paul Lester, “New band of the day: Christian AIDS (No 991)”, in The GuardianSynonyms: witch house
- countableuncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see haunted, house.
It was easy to see that it was an avoided house—a house that was shunned by the village, to which my eye was guided by a church spire some half a mile off—a house that nobody would take. And the natural inference was, that it had the reputation of being a haunted house.
1859, Charles Dickens, “The Mortals in the House”, in The Haunted House
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of witch house (“music genre”).
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Arabic بَيْت أَشْبَاح
- بَيْت أَشْبَاح (bayt ʔašbāḥ)house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Bengali ভূতুরে বাড়ি, পোড়া বাড়ি
- ভূতুরে বাড়ি (bhuture baṛi)house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
- পোড়া বাড়ি (pōṛa baṛi)house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
- হানাবাড়ি (hanabaṛi)house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Catalan casa encantada
- casa encantadahouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Chinese Mandarin 鬧鬼的房子 /闹鬼的房子, 鬼屋
- 鬧鬼的房子 /闹鬼的房子 (nàoguǐ de fángzi)Halloween amusement attraction
- 鬼屋 (guǐwū)house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
- 鬧鬼的房子 /闹鬼的房子 (nàoguǐ de fángzi)house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
- 凶宅 (xiōngzhái)house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Dutch spookhuis, spookslot
- spookhuishouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
- spookslothouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Esperanto fantomloĝita domo
- fantomloĝita domohouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Finnish kummitustalo
- kummitustalohouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
French maison hantée
- maison hantéehouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
German Spukhaus, Geisterhaus
- Spukhaushouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
- Geisterhaushouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Greek στοιχειωμένο σπίτι
- στοιχειωμένο σπίτι (stoicheioméno spíti)house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Hungarian kísértetház, kísértetkastély
- kísértetházHalloween amusement attraction
- kísértetkastélyHalloween amusement attraction
- kísértet/szellem járta házhouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Indonesian rumah hantu, rumah berhantu
- rumah hantuhouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
- rumah berhantuhouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
- rumah setanhouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Italian casa stregata, casa infestata
- casa stregatahouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
- casa infestatahouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Japanese お化け屋敷, 幽霊屋敷
- お化け屋敷 (o-bake yashiki)house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
- 幽霊屋敷 (yūrei yashiki)house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Korean 유령의 집
- 유령의 집 (yuryeong-ui jip)house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Polish nawiedzony dom
- nawiedzony domhouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Portuguese casa assombrada/mal-assombrada
- casa assombrada/mal-assombradahouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Russian дом с привиде́ниями
- дом с привиде́ниями (dom s prividénijami)house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Scottish Gaelic taigh nam bòcan, taigh nam bòcan
- taigh nam bòcanHalloween amusement attraction
- taigh nam bòcanhouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Spanish casa embrujada, casa encantada
- casa embrujadahouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
- casa encantadahouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Swedish spökhus, spökhus
- spökhusHalloween amusement attraction
- spökhushouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Thai บ้านผีสิง, บ้านผีสิง
- บ้านผีสิง (bâan-pǐi-sǐng)Halloween amusement attraction
- บ้านผีสิง (bâan-pǐi-sǐng)house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Turkish tekinsiz, perili ev
- tekinsizhouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
- perili evhouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Ukrainian будинок з привидами
- будинок з привидами (budynok z pryvydamy)house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
Vietnamese nhà ma
- nhà mahouse believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences
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