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   Haunt

   /hônt/

   

   verb

   • 1. (of a ghost) manifest itself at (a place) regularly: "a gray lady who haunts the chapel" Similar appear inmaterialize invisitinformal:spook
   • ▪ (of a person or animal) frequent (a place): "he haunts used book stores" Similar frequentspend time inpatronizevisit regularlybe a regular visitor tobe a regular client ofloiter inlinger ininformal:hang around/out in
   • ▪ be persistently in the mind of (someone): "the sight haunted me for years" Similar tormentobsessoppressdisturbtroubleworryplagueburdenbesetbeleaguerbedevilbesiegetortureprey onweigh ongnaw atnag atweigh heavily onlie heavy onprey on one's mindweigh heavily on one's mindbe a weight on one's mindinformal:bug
   • ▪ be persistently and disturbingly present in (something): "cities haunted by the shadow of cholera"

   noun

   • 1. a place frequented by a specified person or group of people: "I revisited my old haunts"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘frequent (a place’)): from Old French hanter, of Germanic origin; distantly related to home.

   Derivatives

   • 1. haunter noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   Synonyms: torment, trouble, worry, hound, beset, disturb, bother, bedevil, plague. Sense: Verb: visit frequently. Synonyms: frequent, habituate (formal), hang out at (informal), be a regular at, go to, visit sth often, visit, patronize, patronise (UK) Sense: Verb: appear as a ghost. Synonyms:

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   Haunt Synonyms. Synonyms for HAUNT: resort, rendezvous, hangout, stamping ground, den, headquarters, habitat, lair, haven, meeting-place, milieu, oasis, trysting-place, purlieu, repair, frequent, habituate, hang around.

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   synonyms: ghost, obsess. see more. see less. type of: preoccupy. engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively. noun. a frequently visited place. synonyms: hangout, repair, resort, stamping ground.