HUNG (AT) Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

hung (at)

verb

variants also hanged (at)

Definition of hung (at)

past tense of hang (at)

as in haunted

to go to or spend time in often most summer afternoons, we'd hang at the municipal pool for a few hours

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Forty years later, adult Calvin (Josh Hartnett) is still haunted by the event.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Fee remains haunted by his first love for Peter, which exerts a power over his life that feels like fate.

— Garth Greenwell, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of haunted

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The markings lead some experts to believe that the site had ceremonial purposes for the seminomadic herders known to have frequented the area thousands of years ago.

— Taylor Luck, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026
With Carrie, the architect of an elaborate dollhouse, and Florine, a painter whose iconoclastic canvases have made their way into the modernist canon, Ettie hosted a salon frequented by the day’s avant garde.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of frequented

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Lake Pueblo State Park, consistently the most-visited in Colorado, welcomed about 3 million people in 2025, according to data from Colorado Parks and Wildlife, provided to The Denver Post.

— Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026
The former heavyweight champion visited the White House on Friday and offered a brief prediction when reporters asked how Republicans would fare in the midterms.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026

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