haunting

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of haunt

   A ghost was haunting the house.

comparative more haunting · superlative most haunting

1. Remaining in the mind; not easily forgotten.

   He had a haunting gaze.

plural hauntings

1. A particular instance of haunting; a ghostly habitation.

   During the haunting, strange voices and noises were heard and objects flew off tables.

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   They [most ghosts] prefer taking trips back to Earth. ... They go and try to assert their ownership of some house that once belonged to them: and then ye get what's called a Haunting.

   1945, C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce