What part of speech is haunting?

Haunting can be categorized as a noun, a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. haunting is a verb, gerund of haunt (infinitive).
  • 2. haunting is a noun, singular of hauntings.
  • 3. haunting is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more haunting
    most haunting
  • Positive: haunting 
  • Comparative: more haunting
  • Superlative: most haunting

What does haunting mean?

Definitions

Adjective

haunting - continually recurring to the mind; "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy
haunting - having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect; "from two handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of disintegration"-Charles Lee

Verb

haunt - haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her"
haunt - follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"
haunt - be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She haunts the ballet"

Noun

haunt - a frequently visited place

Examples of haunting

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Haunting memories.
2. adj. The cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty.
3. adj. From two handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of disintegration.
4. noun He repeated the haunting melody.
5. noun Beyond lay the sea, misty and purple, with its haunting, unceasing murmur.
6. verb A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism.
7. verb A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of communism.
8. verb I've always found this song to be so haunting.
9. verb Mary has haunting green eyes.
10. verb Tom told Mary about the evil spirit haunting that old castle.
11. verb A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of communism.
12. verb Sami's ghost was haunting this house.
13. verb A specter is haunting Europe — the specter of communism.
14. verb A spectre of Tomoskepticism is haunting Tatoeba.
15. verb A spectre is haunting America — the spectre of British English.
16. verb A specter is haunting Tatoeba— the specter of Tom.
17. verb Tom is haunting me in my dreams.
18. verb What you project will always come back to either reward or haunt you.
19. verb My past indiscretions are coming back to haunt me.
20. verb The coffee shop is my favorite haunt.
Sentence  
adj.
Haunting memories.
The cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty.
From two handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of disintegration.
noun
He repeated the haunting melody.
Beyond lay the sea, misty and purple, with its haunting, unceasing murmur.
verb
A spectre is haunting Europe — the spectre of communism.
A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of communism.
I've always found this song to be so haunting.
Mary has haunting green eyes.
Tom told Mary about the evil spirit haunting that old castle.
A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of communism.
Sami's ghost was haunting this house.
A specter is haunting Europe — the specter of communism.
A spectre of Tomoskepticism is haunting Tatoeba.
A spectre is haunting America — the spectre of British English.
A specter is haunting Tatoeba— the specter of Tom.
Tom is haunting me in my dreams.
What you project will always come back to either reward or haunt you.
My past indiscretions are coming back to haunt me.
The coffee shop is my favorite haunt.

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