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
IlseIL-sə (German)German, Dutch
Oliviaə-LIV-ee-ə (English), o-LEE-vyah (Italian, Spanish), o-LEE-vee-ah (German), O-lee-vee-ah (Finnish)English, Italian, Spanish, German, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Praveena-Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi
JÓZefYUW-zefPolish
Taufik-Indonesian
Lemon['lemən]