Haunt - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |hɔːnt|  American pronunciation of the word haunt
Brit.  |hɔːnt|  British pronunciation of the word haunt

noun

- a frequently visited place (syn: hangout, repair, resort)

verb

- follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to (syn: stalk)
the ghost of her mother haunted her
- haunt like a ghost; pursue (syn: ghost, obsess)
Fear of illness haunts her
- be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place (syn: frequent)
She haunts the ballet

Extra examples

Some people believe that the ghost of an old sea captain haunts the beach.

If you ignore the problem, it will come back to haunt you.

Their failure to plan ahead is now coming back to haunt them.

The tune haunted me all day.

The restaurant became one of her favorite haunts.

...one of their favorite after-school haunts is Joe's Pizza...

Problems we ignore now will come back to haunt us.

The tune haunted her all day long.

My father's ghost still haunted our house.

The pub is said to be haunted by the ghost of a former landlord.

Clare was haunted by the fear that her husband was having an affair.

The Café Vienna was a favourite haunt of journalists and actors.

My brother haunts me all the time!

Fear of illness haunts her

She haunts the ballet

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: haunt
he/she/it: haunts
present participle: haunting
past tense: haunted
past participle: haunted
noun
singular: haunt
plural: haunts
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