haunt
haunt Lexical Profile
haunt Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To manifest in or visit a place regularly as a ghost or spirit.
"Local folklore claims that the spirit of a nineteenth-century sea captain continues to haunt the old lighthouse."
To remain persistently and disturbingly in the mind or memory (especially of a painful thought, mistake, or experience).
"The memory of that missed opportunity continued to haunt him for years after graduation."
To visit or frequent a place regularly.
"As a university student, she used to haunt the secondhand bookshops along the river."
• noun
A place frequented by a specified person or group of people, or a location where a particular animal regularly lives and feeds.
"The quiet seaside cafe was a favorite haunt of local writers and artists."
• Rhymes for haunt
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English haunten ('to practice, frequent, or inhabit'), borrowed from Old French hanter, likely of Germanic origin related to Old Norse heimta ('to bring home') and ultimately connected to the root of 'home'.