hunted

1. 1.

   reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted

   “the hopeless hunted look on the prisoner's face”

   “a glitter of apprehension in her hunted eyes”

   Similarafraid

Other forms of hunted

comparative

huntedder·

superlative

hunteddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hunted

What does hunted mean?

hunted means "reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted".

How many syllables are in hunted?

hunted has 2 syllables: hun-ted. The stress falls on "hun". In IPA it is /ˈhʌntəd/.

Is hunted a common word?

hunted is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.