Synonyms for haunting
haunt·ing

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1. haunting, persistentadjective

   continually recurring to the mind

   "haunting memories"; "the cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty"- Claudia Cassidy

   Synonyms:
   persistent, lasting, unrelenting, tenacious, relentless, dour, unyielding, dogged, pertinacious

   Antonyms:
   unmoving, forgettable

2. hauntingadjective

   having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect

   "from two handsome and talented young men to two haunting horrors of disintegration"-Charles Lee

   Synonyms:
   persistent

   Antonyms:
   unmoving, forgettable

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1. Charles Lamb:

   A poor relation is the most irrelevant thing in nature, a piece of impertinent correspondence, an odious approximation, a haunting conscience, a preposterous shadow, lengthening in the noon-tide of our prosperity. He is known by his knock.

2. Kathryn Solorzano:

   This was not an accident, everything that you did on that date was criminal behavior. You engaged in behavior that exhibited rage on that day. The impact has been haunting.

3. Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis:

   As an African American woman, I can unequivocally attest to the perpetual existence of discriminatory practices that remain a haunting reality for people of color throughout our nation, i am cautiously optimistic that the cries of our America will be heard and acted upon so that once and for all Black lives are valued in the eyes of all police officers.

4. Steven Leung:

   Buying interest was very thin, while concerns over fundamentals such as measures to deal with slowing economy are still haunting the market, investors lacked confidence as the latest data showed no sign of improvement.

5. Thomas Wolfe:

   Perhaps this is our strange and haunting paradox here in America -- that we are fixed and certain only when we are in movement.