Haunt
[hɔːnt] or [hɔnt]
Definition
(noun.) a frequently visited place.
(verb.) haunt like a ghost; pursue; 'Fear of illness haunts her'.
(verb.) follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; 'her ex-boyfriend stalked her'; 'the ghost of her mother haunted her'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.
(v. t.) To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition.
(v. t.) To practice; to devote one's self to.
(v. t.) To accustom; to habituate.
(v. i.) To persist in staying or visiting.
(n.) A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts.
(n.) The habit of resorting to a place.
(n.) Practice; skill.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Frequent, resort to.
n. Retreat, resort, den, place much frequented.
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Definition
v.t. to frequent: to follow importunately: to intrude upon continually: to inhabit or visit as a ghost.—v.i. to be much about: to appear or visit frequently.—n. a place much resorted to: (Shak.) habit of frequenting.—p.adj Haunt′ed frequented infested esp. by ghosts or apparitions.—n. Haunt′er.—adv. Haunt′ingly.
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Examples
- The old traditions of the place steal upon his memory and haunt his reveries, and then his fancy clothes all sights and sounds with the supernatural. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And why did Bretton and my fourteenth year haunt me thus? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Lina, you will haunt me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Follow her at once to her favorite haunt. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- She understood that Rosedale was ready to lend her money; and the longing to take advantage of his offer began to haunt her insidiously. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He grudged the time lost between Piccadilly and his old haunt at the Slaughters', whither he drove faithfully. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Does nothing, then, haunt it, nothing inspire it? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I was haunted by the file too. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I am haunted by the fear that our coming to Milton has killed her. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The figure of my sister in her chair by the kitchen fire, haunted me night and day. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- At another time we were haunted for several days by an apparition, to which our people gave the appellation of the Black Spectre. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I was so haunted at last by the idea, though I knew there was nothing in it, that I stole into the next room to look at him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- O the many, many nights and days through which the unquiet spirit within me haunted that house when Estella lived there! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Their minds were haunted by the idea of sin and the need for bloody propitiations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He haunts you. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Jesus was to him the Easter lamb, that traditional human victim without spot or blemish who haunts all the religions of the dark white peoples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Oh, I track the fairest fair Through new haunts of pleasure; Footprints here and echoes there Guide me to my treasure: Lo! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Was it not one of Robin Hood's haunts? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I won't shed blood; it's always found out, and haunts a man besides. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Like all party men Woodrow Wilson had thrust upon him here a danger that haunts every political program. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- That summons to a new way of life haunts our world to-day, haunts wealth and comfort and every sort of success. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was as if some haunting challenge prompted her, and she had not enough courage to take it up. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Haunting every place. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A constant thought and terror is haunting her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- To have her haunting the Abbey, and thanking him all day long for his great kindness in marrying Jane? Jane Austen. Emma.
- He knew from his daughter the various towns which Rigaud had been haunting, and the various hotels at which he had been living for some time back. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Are there evil influences haunting the air, and poisoning it for man? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He was out of spirits and slightly out of temper, and a haunting horror of doing the same thing every day at the same hour besieged his brain. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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