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- DictionaryHaunt/hônt/
verb
- 1. (of a ghost) manifest itself at (a place) regularly: "a gray lady who haunts the chapel"
noun
- 1. a place frequented by a specified person or group of people: "I revisited my old haunts"
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. The first recorded usage of the word haunt is in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream , a play filled with supernatural characters running around scaring the ...
1 day ago · [VERB noun] Synonyms: plague, trouble, obsess, torment More Synonyms of haunt. 2. verb. Something that haunts a person or organization regularly causes them problems over a long period of time. The stigma of being a bankrupt is likely to haunt him for the rest of his life. [VERB noun] 3. countable noun.
verb [ T ] uk / hɔːnt / us. haunt verb [T] (GHOST) Add to word list. B2. If a ghost haunts a place, it appears there often: a haunted house. haunt verb [T] (UNPLEASANT MEMORY) B2. If an unpleasant memory or feeling haunts you, you think about or feel it often: [ often passive ] He was haunted by memories of the war. haunt. noun [ C ]
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.
Definition of haunt verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English haunt1 /hɔːnt $ hɒːnt/ verb [ transitive] 1 if the soul of a dead person haunts a place, it appears there often The pub is said to be haunted by the ghost of a former landlord. 2 to make someone worry or make them sad Clare was haunted by the fear that her husband was having an affair. 3 to cau...
1. to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost: to haunt a house; to haunt a person. 2. to recur persistently to the consciousness of; remain with: Memories of love haunted me. 3. to visit frequently; go to often: She haunted the art galleries.
