haunt

Speech parts

1. haunt - Noun

2. haunt - Verb

Meaning

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

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

To practice; to devote one's self to.

To accustom; to habituate.

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.

The habit of resorting to a place.

Practice; skill.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

frequent repair resort ghost stalk obsess hangout stamping ground phantom harrow revenant wraith oni chase specter
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Antonyms

gladden mesmerize hypnotize content involve encourage
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Hypernyms

area country follow visit pursue preoccupy

Hyponyms

hang out gathering place

Phrases with the word

haunt thoughts

Derivatives

haunted haunting

Anagrams

unhat Utahn

Examples

There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance. Gilbert Parker

Searchers after horror haunt strange, far places. H. P. Lovecraft

Life is about choices. Some we regret, some were proud of. Some will haunt us forever. 'Black Rain' was very much about choices. The message - we are what we chose to be. Graham Brown

I come from haunt of coot and her, I make s sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Good chear, and good cheap, garres many haunt the House. Scottish Proverb

Flatterers haunt not cottages. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

haunching haunchless Haunebu haunt thoughts hauntable haunted