Haunt
21haunt — haunter, n. /hawnt, hahnt/; for 10 also /hant/, v.t. 1. to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost: to haunt a house; to haunt a person. 2. to recur persistently to the consciousness of; remain with: Memories of love haunted …
22haunt — 1 verb (transitive not in progressive) 1 if the spirit of a dead person haunts a place, it appears there often: The pub is said to be haunted by the ghost of a former landlord. 2 to make someone worry or make them sad: Clare was haunted by the… …
23haunt — [hɔːnt] verb [T] I 1) if a place is haunted by the spirit of a dead person, people believe that it appears there 2) to make someone feel worried and upset for a long time Images from the war still haunt him.[/ex] Our past mistakes are returning… …
24haunt — n. a favorite; quiet haunt * * * [hɔːnt] quiet haunt a favorite …
25haunt — 01. People say that this old house is [haunted] by the spirit of the former owner, who was murdered by his son. 02. The high school students set up a [haunted] house, complete with ghosts and witches, for the elementary kids to visit on Halloween …
26haunt — /hɔnt / (say hawnt) verb (t) 1. to reappear frequently to after death; visit habitually as a supposed spirit or ghost. 2. to intrude upon continually; recur persistently: memories that haunt one. 3. to worry or disturb: his guilt haunted him. 4.… …
27haunt — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French hanter, probably from Old Norse heimta to lead home, pull, claim, from heimr home Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to visit often ; frequent b. to continually seek the company of 2 …
28haunt — 1. verb /hɔːnt,hɑːnt,hænt/ a) To inhabit, or visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts). The memory of his past failures haunted him. b) To make uneasy. The policeman haunted him, following him everywhere. 2 …
29haunt — Synonyms and related words: Masan, affect, apparition, appearance, astral, astral spirit, banshee, baths, beset, burden, casino, club, clubhouse, control, crush one, departed spirit, disembodied spirit, dog, duppy, dybbuk, eidolon, exhaust, form …
30haunt — [13] Etymologically, a ghost that haunts a building is only using the place as its ‘home’. The word’s distant ancestor is the prehistoric Germanic verb *khaimatjan, a derivative of the noun *khaimaz (source of English home). This was borrowed by… …
