HAUNT


Meaning of HAUNT in English

n. 25B6; verb

a ghost haunts this house : APPEAR IN, materialize in; visit.

he haunts street markets : FREQUENT, patronize, visit regularly; loiter in, linger in; informal hang out in.

the sight haunted me for years : TORMENT, disturb, trouble, worry, plague, burden, beset, beleaguer; prey on, weigh on, gnaw at, nag at, weigh heavily on, obsess; informal bug.

25B6; noun a favourite haunt of artists : HANG-OUT, stamping ground, meeting place; territory, domain, resort, retreat, spot; N. Amer. stomping ground; Brit. informal patch.

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