haunted house



haunted house

1. A house that is said to be visited by and/or home to ghosts or spirits. We're going to have a séance at the haunted house down the street, to see if we can talk to the spirits.
2. A house decorated to be spooky that serves as an attraction, usually around Halloween. I think the kids are too young to go to a haunted house, honey—I don't want them to have nightmares. Every year at Halloween, my family turns the garage into a haunted house by playing spooky music and hanging cobwebs everywhere.
See also: haunt, house

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Aleksandraah-lyek-SAHN-drah (Russian), ah-leek-SAHN-drah (Russian), ahl-ek-SAHN-drah (Polish)Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Estonian
Blaguna-Macedonian, Bulgarian
TateTAYTEnglish
Hippocrates-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
MaarikaMAH:-ree-kah (Finnish)Finnish, Estonian
Shreya-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati