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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

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   Synonyms for HAUNT: visit, frequent, affect, hang (at), resort (to), invade, habituate, patronize; Antonyms of HAUNT: avoid, escape, shun, evade, shake, elude, eschew, duck.

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   Find 1,538 synonyms for haunt and other similar words that you can use instead based on 13 separate contexts from our thesaurus.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › thesaurusHAUNT - 38 Synonyms and Antonyms - Cambridge English

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   Synonyms. frequent. visit often. go to repeatedly. beat a path to. hover about. loiter near. linger around. hang around. Slang. hang out at. Slang. live in. Slang. Memories of her childhood haunted her. Synonyms. obsess. weigh on. prey on. beset. preoccupy. trouble. torment. vex. distress. disturb. worry. plague. frighten. terrify. terrorize. haunt

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › hauntSynonyms of HAUNT | Collins American English Thesaurus

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   Apr 28, 2024 · 1 (verb) in the sense of plague. Definition. to remain in the memory or thoughts of. The memory of his mistakes still haunts him. Synonyms. plague. trouble. obsess. torment. come back to. possess. stay with. recur. beset.

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   Synonyms. Similar meaning. View all. ghost. frequent. plague. hangout. resort. stalk. torment. trouble. visit. obsess. possess. stamping ground. patronize. habitat. repair. meeting place. oppress. worry. home. spook. burden. den. retreat. distress. disturb. Antonyms. Opposite meaning. View all. Related. Common usage. View all. Sentence Examples.

8. www.wordreference.com › synonyms › haunthaunt - WordReference.com English Thesaurus

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   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: appear to, come back as a ghost, come back, make an appearance, visit sb after death. Sense: Noun: frequented place. Synonyms: