haunt

CEFRC1

/hɔːnt/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To continue troubling someone's thoughts or memory.

  2. 02

    verb

    To visit a place often or regularly.

Examples

  • My past indiscretions are coming back to haunt me.

  • That coffee shop is my favorite haunt.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To make uneasy, restless.

  2. To stalk; to follow.

  3. To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).

More examples

In context

  • A couple of ghosts haunt the old, burnt-down house.

  • The memory of his past failures haunted him.

  • The policeman haunted him, following him everywhere.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”), from Old French hanter (“to inhabit, frequent, resort to”), from Old Northern French hanter (“to go back home, frequent”), from Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, fetch”) or/and from Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; house; cohabit with”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to house, bring home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“village, home”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village”). Cognate with Old English hǣman (“to cohabit, lie with, marry”); related to Old English hām (“home, village”), Old French hantin (“a stay, a place frequented by”) from the same Germanic source. Another descendant from the French is Dutc...