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[ hawnt, hahnt; for 10 also hant ] / hɔnt, hɑnt; for 10 also hænt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR haunt ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)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. verb (used without object)to reappear continually as a spirit or ghost. to visit habitually or regularly. to remain persistently; loiter; stay; linger. nounOften 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 haunt1200–50; Middle English haunten<Old French hanter to frequent, probably <Old Norse heimta to lead home, derivative of heim homewards; see home SYNONYMS FOR haunt3 frequent. 5 obsess, beset, vex, plague. SEE SYNONYMS FOR haunt ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM haunthaunter, nounWords nearby haunthaul off, haul over the coals, haul up, haunch, haunch bone, haunt, haunted, haunting, Hauppauge, Hauptmann, Hauraki Gulf Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hauntChristie has problems, and they begin with the fact that photos and videos and memes can haunt us. Will Chris Christie Regret His Cowboy Hug?|Matt Lewis|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST But it was a grueling road to freedom, and one that continues to haunt them. ‘Out in the Night’ and the Redemption of the ‘Killer Lesbian Gang'|Nina Strochlic|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST This undeclared war on the Latino immigrant family was bound to haunt Obama. With Julian Castro Taking Over at HUD, a New Political Dynasty Is in the Making|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|May 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Weiner hinted that an event that occurred early on in the series may come back to haunt Don in the final episodes. How to End ‘Mad Men’? Matthew Weiner Gives Final Season Sneak Peek|Andrew Romano|March 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Does Bradley Cooper haunt the makers of Wet Hot American Summer? Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler’s Ultimate Rom Com Spoof ‘They Came Together’|Sujay Kumar|January 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Snakes which haunt a sacred place are themselves sacred, because they belong to or actually embody the ghost. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3)|Sir James George Frazer But we forget his person in an hour; nor does his voice ever haunt our solitude. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2|John Wilson Henceforward, except when a sportsman passed with his gun, the otters' haunt remained in peace. Creatures of the Night|Alfred W. Rees Two spirits seemed to haunt and speak to him, the one a German, the other a Pole. Animal Parasites and Messmates|P. J. Van Beneden But the voice continued to haunt him persistently, besiegingly, despotically.
British Dictionary definitions for haunt
verbto 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 noun(often plural) a place visited frequentlyan old haunt of hers a place to which animals habitually resort for food, drink, shelter, etc Derived forms of haunthaunter, nounWord Origin for hauntC13: from Old French hanter, of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse heimta to bring home, Old English hāmettan to give a home to; see home Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to haunthangout, watering hole, bedevil, annoy, terrorize, permeate, frighten, besiege, appall, pervade, beset, torment, worry, plague, trouble, hound, inhabit, terrify, obsess, weigh on |