haunt
🇺🇸
/hɔːnt/
🇬🇧
/hɔːnt/
verb
C1
If a ghost is said to haunt a place, people believe they have seen it there.
A ghost is said to haunt the old castle.
C1
If something bad haunts you, it stays in your mind and you cannot forget it.
Memories of the accident haunt her every night.
C1
To cause problems for someone for a long time.
His mistakes continue to haunt his reputation.
noun
R
A place that someone visits often.
The café was his favorite haunt to relax.
translation
If a ghost is said to haunt a place, people believe they have seen it there.; If something bad haunts you, it stays in your mind and you cannot forget it.; To cause problems for someone for a long time.
A place that someone visits often.
Word Forms
Perfect
haunted
3rd Present
haunts
Plural
haunts
Past
haunted
Progressive
haunting