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
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.
“I can’t go through the Haunted Wood, Marilla,” cried Anne desperately.
“The Haunted Wood!
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