Haunt

[haunt]

The verb to haunt means to appear as a ghost or some kind of supernatural phenomenon. Ebenezer Scrooge was haunted by the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future.

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To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.

Noun
a frequently visited place

Verb
haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her"

Verb
be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She haunts the ballet"

Verb
follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"

v. t.
To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.

v. t.
To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition.

v. t.
To practice; to devote one's self to.

v. t.
To accustom; to habituate.

v. i.
To persist in staying or visiting.

n.
A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts.

n.
The habit of resorting to a place.

n.
Practice; skill.

Haunt

Haunt (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Haunting.] [F. hanter; of uncertain origin, perh. from an assumed LL. ambitare to go about, fr. L. ambire (see Ambition); or cf. Icel. heimta to demand, regain, akin to heim home (see Home). &root;36.] 1. To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.

You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house.

Those cares that haunt the court and town.

2. To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition.

Foul spirits haunt my resting place.

3. To practice; to devote one's self to. [Obs.]

That other merchandise that men haunt with fraud . . . is cursed.

Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime.

4. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.]

Haunt thyself to pity.

Haunt

Haunt, v. i. To persist in staying or visiting.

I've charged thee not to haunt about my doors.

Haunt

Haunt, n. 1. A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts. &hand; In Old English the place occupied by any one as a dwelling or in his business was called a haunt. Often used figuratively.

The household nook, The haunt of all affections pure.

The feeble soul, a haunt of fears.

2. The habit of resorting to a place. [Obs.]

The haunt you have got about the courts.

3. Practice; skill. [Obs.]

Of clothmaking she hadde such an haunt.

To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.

To persist in staying or visiting.

A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts.

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Usage Examples

One of them, for example, which will probably haunt me more than any other is the problem of communication.

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom.

It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

President Barack Obama has stood watch over the greatest job loss in modern American history. And that, my friends, is one inconvenient truth that will haunt this President throughout history.

I come from a profession which has suffered greatly because of the lack of civility. Lawyers treat each other poorly and it has come home to haunt them. The public will not tolerate a lack of civility.

Don't ignore the past, but deal with it, on your own pace. Once you deal with it, you are free of it and you are free to embrace your life and be a happy loving person because if you don't, the past will come back to haunt and keep coming back to haunt you.