26984 words

haunts

6 definitions • 6 examples
1
to cause repeated suffering or anxiety:

Examples:

Fighting in Vietnam was an experience that would haunt him for the rest of his life.
30 years after the fire he is still haunted by images of death and destruction.
2
(of a ghost) to appear in a place repeatedly:

Examples:

A ghostly lady is said to haunt the stairway looking for her children.
3
a place often visited:

Examples:

old haunt This bar used to be one of your old haunts, didn't it, Jake?
4
to often appear somewhere, or to appear to someone in the form of a ghost (= spirit of a dead person)
5
to cause someone to worry or feel anxiety because of being thought about too often:

Examples:

His experiences in Vietnam still haunt him.
6
a place often visited:

Examples:

This restaurant was one of our old haunts.

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