haunt
/hɔnt/ verb B2- To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts). · A couple of ghosts haunt the old, burnt-down house.
- To make uneasy, restless. · The memory of his past failures haunted him.
- To stalk; to follow. · The policeman haunted him, following him everywhere.
- To persist in staying or visiting.
He/she/it haunts · Past haunted · Past participle haunted · -ing form haunting
Verb forms
- Base form
- haunt
- He/she/it
- haunts
- Past
- haunted
- Past participle
- haunted
- -ing form
- haunting
From the library
A glance from her window assured her that the day would be fine, for the eastern sky behind the firs of the Haunted Wood was all silvery and cloudless.
The haunted night returns again.
Our phantom voices haunt the air
Marilla felt an uncomfortable conviction that, if she denied the appeal of that look, it would haunt her to her dying day.
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