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. 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.

2. Andrew McClellan:

   Any other museum would simply paper over the loss and take down the frames and put something else up, at the Gardner, it's a haunting presence that will only ever be healed by the return of the paintings.

3. Roger Ferguson of TIAA:

   Personally, I am outraged by the recent incidents of racism, violence and police brutality against members of the African American community. The haunting video of Mr. Floyd's last breaths is a sobering reflection of this national crisis.

4. 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.

5. Leonardo Trasande:

   These chemicals have a rap sheet, and the fact of the matter is that when you look at the entire body of evidence, it provides a haunting pattern of concern.