hauntsome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From haunt +‎ -some.

Adjective[edit]

hauntsome (comparative more hauntsome, superlative most hauntsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by haunting
    • 1922, Everett MacDonald, Slimtonian Socker:
      The sudden spasm of grief that swept her little heart welled to her hauntsome eyes. She struggled valiantly, but she could withstand its oncoming no longer. She burst into a torrent of tears.
    • 2006, Franklin A. Lewis, The Cleveland Indians:
      The Indians were making their third visit of the season to the Polo Grounds, the cavernous arena set beneath Coogan's Bluff on the fringe of New York's hauntsome Harlem.