Unscramble hunted

Definition of hunted

adjective:

• 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".

verb:

• pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland", "The dogs are running deer", "The Duke hunted in these woods". Synonyms: hunt, hunt down, run, track down.
• pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods", "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him". Synonyms: hound, hunt, trace.
• chase away, with as with force; "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood". Synonyms: hunt.
• yaw back and forth about a flight path; "the plane's nose yawed". Synonyms: hunt.
• oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent; "The oscillator hunts about the correct frequency". Synonyms: hunt.
• seek, search for; "She hunted for her reading glasses but was unable to locate them". Synonyms: hunt.
• search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests". Synonyms: hunt.

Related words

ambush, course, drive, falcon, ferret, forage, fowl, foxhunt, hawk, jack, jacklight, poach, rabbit, scrounge, seal, snipe, turtle, whale.

Words nearby

haunted, hunter.

Rhymes with

blunted.