Haunting motive Synonyms

Definitions for Haunting


  • (adjective) fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic
  • (adjective) having a deeply disquieting or disturbing effect
  • (adjective) continually recurring to the mind

Definitions for Motive


  • (noun) a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition )
  • (noun) a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric )
  • (noun) something (as a belief ) that serves as the basis for another thing