hunted

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhʌntɪd/
  • Rhymes: -ʌntɪd

Adjective

hunted (comparative more hunted, superlative most hunted)

  1. Being the subject of a hunt.
    • 2007, Dustin J. Penn, Iver Mysterud, Evolutionary perspectives on environmental problems:
      While there is no difference between encounter rates in the two unhunted sites, the macaques are significantly less common in the hunted areas […]
  2. (figuratively) Nervous and agitated, as if pursued.
    He looked up with a hunted expression.

Derived terms

Verb

hunted

  1. simple past and past participle of hunt
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