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Definition of Hunted
1. Adjective. Reflecting the fear or terror of one who is hunted. "A glitter of apprehension in her hunted eyes"
Definition of Hunted
1. Adjective. Being the subject of a hunt. ¹
2. Adjective. (figuratively) Nervous and agitated, as if pursued. ¹
3. Verb. (past of hunt) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hunted
1. hunt [v] - See also: hunt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hunted
Literary usage of Hunted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"... brought to their Lodgings, which were well hunted, sat with me at Supl>er.
... Wa^s. and be led by b,,th the «ear hunted in the Hiver, and abo Ibe Lord ..."
2. The invisible man: A Grotesque Romance by Herbert George Wells (1897)
"... THE HUNTER hunted MR. HEELAS, Mr. Kemp's nearest neighbour among the villa
holders, was asleep in his summer house when the siege of Kemp's house began. ..."
3. American Book Prices Current (1917)
"hunted Down. [In The New York Ledger for Aus. 20 and 27. and Sept. ... hunted Down.
Lond., Hotten, [1870]. lomo. Orig. cl., in mor. case, Austin, G., ..."
4. The Bookman (1903)
"fought my way from the open West, where men bucked big and the job hunted the
man, to the congested labour centres of the East, where men were small ..."
5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1899)
"Also ' Birds that Hunt [ and are hunted [ Life Histories of Une Hun- | dred and
Seventy Birds of | Prey, Game Birds and Water- | Fowls | By ..."
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