Meaning & use
haunting
So beautiful, sad, or strange that it stays in one's memory, often with an unsettling quality.
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The singer's haunting melody lingered in listeners' minds long after the concert ended.
Photographs of the abandoned hospital had a haunting quality that unsettled every viewer.
A note on using this word
Haunting describes a memorable, slightly melancholy artistic effect, distinct from 'haunted,' which describes a place visited by ghosts.
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