haunt1 verbhaunt2 noun
haunthaunt1 /hɔːnt $ hɒːnt/ ●●○ verb [transitive] 
WORD ORIGINhaunt1
Origin:
1100-1200 French hanterVERB TABLE
haunt
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | haunt |
| he, she, it | haunts | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | haunted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have haunted |
| he, she, it | has haunted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had haunted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will haunt |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have haunted |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- All your mistakes will come back to haunt you.
- Legends say the building is haunted by ghosts.
- Memories of the war still haunt her.
- People say the house is haunted by a former slave.
- The ghost of the murdered prince still haunts the castle.
- All said the events still haunt them.
- Memories of blood-red wine and cruelly glinting shards of glass came back to haunt her.
- The ghosts of retired colonels haunt some of Torquay's menus.
- The images of these hopeless, hungry people haunted her, filling her with outrage.
- The leaders remain haunted by the forces of dissent they ordered the army to crush.
- Yet she, like all Republican members of the House, remains haunted by his presence.
Longman Language Activatorwhen there are ghosts in a place
a place that is haunted has ghosts in it: · The locals say the villas are haunted.haunted house: · Both John and his wife Susy are convinced the house is haunted.· Billed as "America's most haunted house", the Myrtles Plantation is supposedly inhabited by 14 ghosts.
if a ghost haunts a place, it appears there often: · The ghost of the murdered prince still haunts the castle.be haunted by: · Legends say the building is haunted by ghosts.
informal a place that is spooky feels strange and makes you feel that there are ghosts there: · Let's get out of here, this place is really spooky!· a spooky castle· He lived in kind of a spooky place at the end of a long dirt road.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
an error that would come back to haunt them for years to comeCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES They say the young girl’s ghost still haunts (=often appears in) the house.
1if the soul of a dead person haunts a place, it appears there often: an error that would come back to haunt them for years to come They say the young girl’s ghost still haunts (=often appears in) the house. (=be unable to forget something unhappy)· He is haunted by memories of his unhappy childhood.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Images of death and violence haunt the story.· The mystery surrounding his death still haunts his family.· Could he have been a signalman who met an unfortunate death and still haunts the place of his end?· Turbulence and violent death haunted his adolescence just as repression and hard tack had besieged his childhood.· Since we had been back in Reine, Jean-Claude had stopped speaking of Montaine's death as if it haunted him unduly.
· It had haunted his dreams for eight years.· It haunted his dreams, controlled his waking hours, held him captive.· It is a haunting, dream-like painting, in which we are given a kind of omnipotence.· I know they will come back to haunt me in my dreams.· Goose had haunted his dreams for ten days.· A construction worker in the year 2084 is haunted by recurring dreams of a previous existence on Mars.· In the north the Witch King stirs once more and the Sword of Khaine haunts the dreams of warriors.· Magic: it lubricates the gap between what we can see and understand, and what unhappy feelings haunt our dreams.
· Mr Milosevic is fighting for his political survival after a vicious campaign tainted by intimidation and haunted by fears of electoral fraud.· His father, haunted by the financial fears of a Depression childhood, worked two jobs.· They were haunted by the fear of another Dunkirk and were anxious to remain strong in the Middle East.· I used to be haunted by fear of thieves, ghosts, and serpents.· Behind the facade of hope and optimism, there remained the haunting fear of poverty, inequality and insecurity.
· The ghosts of retired colonels haunt some of Torquay's menus.· Famous ghosts haunted even the wastebaskets.· Mermaids have been sighted there and a ghost haunts a derelict bothy near the loch.· She moved through the rooms of her life as if she were a ghost haunting the sites of her previous life.· In this passage, as in the Kipling story, food runs out and three ghosts haunt the seamen.· They say people who die sudden, violent deaths are most likely to become ghosts and haunt the earth.· Kirkgrim A GHOST thought to haunt churches, where its appearance was an ill omen.· Most notable is the GHOST named Hob who haunted several of the rivers in Yorkshire.
· She haunts this house, you know.· Alone with her daughter in a haunted house she managed every damn thing.· Ancient spirits haunt an old Georgetown house and terrify the current inhabitants in this chilling tale of murder and passion.· The game drops you off in the lobby of the haunted house, which contains some great works of art.
· Though it is 11 years ago the memory of it still haunts me.· Balkan Notes 6: Long after the war, the memories of the conflict haunt Bosnia's population.· A memory came back to haunt him: the cold-blooded murder of a soldier on a bleak snow-covered hillside.
VERB· Memories of blood-red wine and cruelly glinting shards of glass came back to haunt her.· And it will come back to haunt you.· I know they will come back to haunt me in my dreams.· The ghost of the tennis ball is coming to haunt the man.· Male speaker Have the faces of the dead ever come back to haunt you?· Those losses are coming back to haunt us now.· The recollection of those whispered words came rushing back to haunt her.· The remembered odor of perfume and powder of woman came back, haunting her, filling her.
· It isn't about the dead hand of the past, the unsettled guilt-edged accounts of history returning to haunt the present.· Fred returns to haunt the nightmares of teenagers and to kill them while they sleep and dream.· His answers would return to haunt him.· If the politicians flunk change this time, the issue of electoral reform will return to haunt them.· Was he a spectre returning to haunt Fleury?· But the phantoms of boards and unplayed moves gradually return to haunt Luzhin, threatening his sanity.
The pub is said to be haunted by the ghost of a former landlord.2to make someone worry or make them sad: Clare was haunted by the fear that her husband was having an affair.3to cause problems for someone over a long period of time: an error that would come back to haunt them for years to comehaunt1 verbhaunt2 noun
haunthaunt2 noun [countable] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- a local writers' haunt
- Cafes like "Les Deux Magots" were once the favourite haunts of French artists and intellectuals.
- Johnson will be revisting all his old haunts in Washington.
- And there are signs that on one river the otter is already moving back into its old haunts.
- It is a coastline that can be enjoyed throughout the year and is by no means an exclusively summertime haunt.
- It was, and is, the haunt of fashionable intellectuals.
- Last summer, with much excitement, we revisited our old haunt.
- Naturally a haunt of rugger enthusiasts.
- On this route you will be able to visit the Wasdale Head Inn, a once favourite haunt of rock climbers.
- Running parallel to Princes Street, this narrow thoroughfare is a convivial haunt full of pubs of character, boutiques and restaurants.
- The other day I went back into the city to walk round some of my old haunts.
Longman Language Activatora place where someone usually is or often goes
a place such as a bar or park that someone likes to go to often, especially in order to meet people: · Cafes like "Les Deux Magots" were once the favourite haunts of French artists and intellectuals.old haunts (=where someone used to go at another time in their life): · Johnson will be revisting all his old haunts in Washington.
informal a place where a particular group of people, especially young people, often go to meet, talk etc: · In New York, try one of the celebrity hangouts, such as the Russian Tea Room or Elaine's.· a teenage hangout on Fountain Streethangout for: · The bar is a favorite hangout for soldiers from the nearby base.
the place where someone usually sits or stands, especially in a bar, at work, or in their home: · Gerard was in his usual place by the fire when I reached the pub.take your place (=sit or stand in a place where you usually sit or stand): · The children took their places, and the teacher began calling the roll.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The Café Vienna was a favourite haunt of journalists and actors.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES They say the young girl’s ghost still haunts (=often appears in) the house.
a place that someone likes to go to oftenhaunt of The Café Vienna was a favourite haunt of journalists and actors. They say the young girl’s ghost still haunts (=often appears in) the house. (=be unable to forget something unhappy)· He is haunted by memories of his unhappy childhood.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· On this route you will be able to visit the Wasdale Head Inn, a once favourite haunt of rock climbers.· They had already out guessed me, by staking out my favourite haunt.· My list of favourite haunts is purely personal and certainly not all-embracing.· Whilst living at Bedford Gardens he began taking Bobby Hunt around his favourite haunts.· It's a favourite haunt for many backbenchers.· A favourite haunt of telly aristocracy is Ilha de Caras-the Island of Faces-a private isle for celebrities.· The Drummond Hotel A favourite haunt of the literati.
· Wise men thought that he should not be too near old haunts and old friends.· I became more and more of a recluse, avoiding our old haunts for fear of running into him.· And there are signs that on one river the otter is already moving back into its old haunts.· His own rehearsals resumed soon after the first Y concert, at most of the old haunts.· Mr Boesky's return to his old haunts comes with four months of his sentence still to run.· Last summer, with much excitement, we revisited our old haunt.· The other day I went back into the city to walk round some of my old haunts.· She would have been tempted to visit all of Montaine's old haunts.
The Café Vienna was a favourite haunt of journalists and actors.