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

[ Syn: obsessed , preoccupied , taken up ]

showing emotional affliction or disquiet; her expression became progressively more haunted'

inhabited by or as if by apparitions; a haunted house'