Antonyms for haunt
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : hawnt, hahnt; for 10 also hant |
| Phonetic Transcription : hɔnt, hɑnt; for 10 also hænt |
Definition of haunt
Origin :- early 13c., "to practice habitually, busy oneself with, take part in," from Old French hanter "to frequent, resort to, be familiar with" (12c.), probably from Old Norse heimta "bring home," from Proto-Germanic *haimat-janan, from *haimaz- (see home). Meaning "to frequent (a place)" is c.1300 in English. Use in reference to a spirit returning to the house where it had lived perhaps was in Proto-Germanic, but it was reinforced by Shakespeare's plays, and it is first recorded 1590 in "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Related: Haunted; haunting. Middle English hauntingly meant "frequently;" sense of "so as to haunt one's thoughts or memory" is from 1859.
- noun place for socializing
- verb visit as a spirit
- verb spend a lot of time at
- O, that I might forget all the dark shadows which haunt about these graves!
- Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The whole story caused a holy anger of justice to haunt him.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- In summer the hill was of course the haunt of children gathering its bilberries.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- They haunt me with a gentle refrain of the world-as-it-might-be.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- Who could say that the spirits of the dead did not haunt the scenes of their lives and deaths?
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- Fashion was at rest, but even here, and in its own mocking guise, misery had its haunt.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- But the voice continued to haunt him persistently, besiegingly, despotically.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- There were not many men whom he could even propose to haunt.
- Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
- Indeed, it was the best possible place for the haunt of wild people.
- Extract from : « Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) » by Various
- I would say, addressing that dead man, 'Is this the way you are going to haunt me?'
- Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
Synonyms for haunt
- abode
- affect
- agitate
- agonize
- annoy
- appall
- appear
- bar
- be ever present
- bedevil
- beset
- besiege
- clubhouse
- come back
- cubbyhole
- den
- disquiet
- dwell
- dwelling
- float
- frequent
- frighten
- gathering place
- habitat
- habituate
- hang about
- hang around
- hang out
- hangout
- harass
- harrow
- headquarters
- home
- hound
- hover
- infest
- inhabit
- intrude
- lair
- living quarters
- locality
- madden
- manifest
- materialize
- meeting place
- molest
- nettle
- niche
- obsess
- overrun
- permeate
- pervade
- pester
- place
- plague
- possess
- prey on
- purlieu
- rack
- range
- reappear
- recur
- rendezvous
- repair
- resort
- retreat
- return
- rise
- site
- spook
- stay with
- stomping ground
- tarry at
- tease
- terrify
- terrorize
- torment
- trouble
- trysting place
- vex
- visit
- voodoo
- walk
- watering hole
- weigh on
- worry
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