haunted

  • (s) having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
    • became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle
    • was absolutely obsessed with the girl
    • got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children
    • he was taken up in worry for the old woman
    obsessed, taken up, preoccupied,
  • (s) showing emotional affliction or disquiet
    • her expression became progressively more haunted
  • (s) inhabited by or as if by apparitions
    • a haunted house

Synonyms

obsessed taken up preoccupied

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