different between haunted vs stupefied

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: hônt, IPA^(key): /?h??nt?d/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /?h?nt?d/
• Hyphenation: haunt?ed

Adjective

haunted (comparative more haunted, superlative most haunted or hauntedest)

1. Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.

   The hotel was haunted by a disembodied spirit.

2. Obsessed (by an idea, threat, etc.).

   a soldier haunted by the memories of combat

3. Showing a feeling of being disturbed.

   a haunted expression

Translations

Verb

haunted

1. simple past tense and past participle of haunt

   According to local legend, a ghost has haunted the mansion for two hundred years.

Anagrams

• de-haunt, dehaunt, nut head, nut-head, nuthead, undeath, unhated

English

Verb

stupefied

1. simple past tense and past participle of stupefy

Adjective

stupefied (comparative more stupefied, superlative most stupefied)

1. Experiencing stupefaction.
   • 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XIII:

     One stiff blind horse, his every bone a-stare, / Stood stupefied, however he came there: / Thrust out past service from the devil's stud!

2. Experiencing the influence of an ingested mind-altering substance.

Synonyms

• intoxicated

Related terms

• stupefiedness

Translations