haunt
to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost: to haunt a house; to haunt a person.
to recur persistently to the consciousness of; remain with: Memories of love haunted him.
to visit frequently; go to often: He haunted the galleries and bars that the artists went to.
to frequent the company of; be often with: He haunted famous men, hoping to gain celebrity for himself.
to disturb or distress; cause to have anxiety; trouble; worry: His youthful escapades came back to haunt him.
to reappear continually as a spirit or ghost.
to visit habitually or regularly.
to remain persistently; loiter; stay; linger.
Often haunts. a place frequently visited: to return to one's old haunts.
Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. and North England. a ghost.
Origin of haunt
1Other words for haunt
Other words from haunt
- haunter, noun
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How to use haunt in a sentence
That room—the cold, the purple light, the demonic transformations: it really haunts you.
The specter of wrongful convictions haunts the public officials involved.
If the taste of chlorine haunts you, filters might help out.
To him, this is just another of the many haunts he has assimilated into his personal version of Detroit.
Can Hollywood Rejuvenate Detroit and America’s Bankrupt Cities? | David Levesley | May 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSuch travesty haunts the collective imagination, reflecting myth, history and politics.
Crime Fighter’s Dilemma: My Country or My Family? | Moral Courage | April 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
That girl—that girl with her pale face and her pale hair, and eyes the grey of a storm cloud before it breaks, she haunts him!
Uncanny Tales | VariousI wont shed blood; its always found out, and haunts a man besides.
Oliver Twist, Vol. II (of 3) | Charles DickensPorter had escaped, and was soon back in his old haunts, gathering together as many of his followers as possible.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnSoon the winter will come, with all the boys back from their country haunts, and Céleste and Mimi from Ostende.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithThe place to which Edwards and Livingstone had gone was a large native town near to the haunts of lions.
Robert Moffat | David J. Deane
British Dictionary definitions for haunt
/ (hɔːnt) /
to visit (a person or place) in the form of a ghost
(tr) to intrude upon or recur to (the memory, thoughts, etc): he was haunted by the fear of insanity
to visit (a place) frequently
to associate with (someone) frequently
(often plural) a place visited frequently: an old haunt of hers
a place to which animals habitually resort for food, drink, shelter, etc
Origin of haunt
1Derived forms of haunt
- haunter, noun
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