haunt

v., haunt·ed, haunt·ing, haunts.

v.tr.

1. To inhabit, visit, or appear to in the form of a ghost or other supernatural being.
2. To visit often; frequent: haunted the movie theaters.
3. To come to the mind of continually; obsess: a riddle that haunted me all morning.
4. To be continually present in; pervade: the melancholy that haunts the composer's music.

v.intr.
To recur or visit often, especially as a ghost.

n.

1. A place much frequented.
2. also hant or ha'nt (hănt) or haint (hānt) Chiefly Southern U.S. A ghost or other supernatural being.

[Middle English haunten, to frequent, from Old French hanter.]

haunter haunt'er n.

verb

1. To visit regularly: frequent, hang around, repair², resort. Slang hang out. See place.
2. To come to mind continually: obsess, torment, trouble, weigh on (or upon). See repetition.

noun

1. A frequently visited place: rendezvous, resort, stamping ground. Slang hangout. See place, repetition.
2. The natural environment of an animal or plant: habitat, home, stamping ground. See territory.
3. A supernatural being, such as a ghost: apparition, bogey, bogeyman, bogle, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, revenant, shade, shadow, specter, spirit, visitant, wraith. Informal spook. See beings, supernatural.

adj

Definition: possessed
Antonyms: untroubled

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IN BRIEF: To keep coming back to mind. Also: To spend much time at.

For the rest of your life, every time you say, "We've always done it that way," my ghost will appear and haunt you for twenty-four hours. — Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992)

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - plage, hjemsøge, spøge, forfølge
v. intr. - husere
n. - opholdssted, tilholdssted, hjemsted

Nederlands (Dutch)
spoken, rondwaren, achtervolgen, niet loslaten, plagen, kwellen, veelvuldig bezoeken, plek waar iemand vaak komt, trefpunt, voederplaats, bezoeking (van geesten), spook

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit, fig) hanter, être un habitué de, hanter (un endroit)
v. intr. - être hanté, être un habitué de
n. - point de rencontre, lieu de prédilection

Deutsch (German)
v. - verfolgen, spuken
n. - Treffpunkt

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συχνάζω, βρικολακιάζω, στοιχειώνω, (μτφ.) κυνηγώ, φέρνω νοσταλγικά στο νου
n. - εντευκτήριο, στέκι, λημέρι

Italiano (Italian)
perseguitare, ossessionare, ritrovo

Português (Portuguese)
v. - freqüentar, assombrar
n. - lugar (m) freqüentado, assombração (f)

Русский (Russian)
любимое место, убежище, часто посещать, являться (о призраке), ходить по пятам

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - perseguir, obsesionar, atormentar, aparecer (fantasmas), frecuentar
v. intr. - aparecer (fantasmas), frecuentar
n. - lugar frecuentado, lugar predilecto, guarida

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - spöka i (på, hos), ofta besöka, hänga efter, förfölja
n. - vistelseort, favoritställe

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
常到, 萦绕于, 出没于, 出没, 作祟, 常去的地方, 巢穴, 栖息地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 常到, 縈繞於, 出沒於
v. intr. - 出沒, 作祟
n. - 常去的地方, 巢穴, 棲息地

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 자주 가다, 출몰하다, 늘 따라 다니다, ~과 늘 교제하다
v. intr. - 자주 다니다, 출몰하다, 떠나지 않다
n. - 늘 드나드는 곳, 무상 출입 하는 곳, 유령

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - しばしば訪れる, 出る, 出没する, …につきまとう, 絶えず付きまとう, たびたび行く
n. - よく行く場所, たまり場, 巣窟

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يكثر التردد على, يلازم شخصا, يتلكأ, ينتاب الشبح محلا, تنتابه أفكار ما على نحو مستمر مزعج, ينتاب يبرز على نحو موصول في مكان ما (الاسم) ماكنه المعتاد أو المفضل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮פקד, הציק, ביקר תדיר, הדאיג, הטריד‬
v. intr. - ‮נשאר בד"כ‬
n. - ‮מקום ביקורים, מקום שפוקדות אותו חיות כדי לשתות‬

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