HAUNT


Meaning of HAUNT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hɔ:nt ]

( haunts, haunting, haunted)

1.

If something unpleasant haunts you, you keep thinking or worrying about it over a long period of time.

The decision to leave her children now haunts her...

VERB : V n

2.

Something that haunts a person or organization regularly causes them problems over a long period of time.

The stigma of being a bankrupt is likely to haunt him for the rest of his life.

VERB : V n

3.

A place that is the haunt of a particular person is one which they often visit because they enjoy going there.

The Channel Islands are a favourite summer haunt for UK and French yachtsmen alike.

N-COUNT : with supp

4.

A ghost or spirit that haunts a place or a person regularly appears in the place, or is seen by the person and frightens them.

His ghost is said to haunt some of the rooms, banging a toy drum.

VERB : V n

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