haunt

Meaning

1. To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
2. To make uneasy, restless.
3. To stalk; to follow.
4. To live habitually; to stay, to remain.
5. To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.
6. To practise; to devote oneself to.
7. To persist in staying or visiting.

haunt

resort

frequent

den

hangout

possess

obsess

ghost

visit frequently

frighten

scare

spook

nest

stalk

repair

stamping ground

bother

abode

hang out

purlieu

trouble

abide

dwell

attend

distress

press

worry

make mischief

linger

loiter

recur

dwelling place

source

home

gathering spot

be possessed

purlier

lurk

prowl

skulk

startle

terrorize

meeting place

venue

affect

rendezvous

rookery

walk

range

wander

continue

live

remain

stop

tarry

burden

concern

menace

threaten

dwelling

refuge

residence

pester

plague

infest

track

patronize

hideaway

hideout

lair

bird-nest

torment

haunted

annoy

bedevil

cark

chevvy

chevy

chivvy

chivy

eat into

harry

irritate

molest

provoke

beset

demoralize

frustrate

gag

oppress

pressure

tribulate

deception

gathering place

exasperate

harm

treat badly

place

position

room

where

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɔːnt/

From Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”), from Old French hanter (“to inhabit, frequent, resort to”), from Old Northern French hanter (“to go back home, frequent”), from Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, fetch”) or/and from Old English hāmettan (“to bring home; house; cohabit with”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjaną (“to house, bring home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“village, home”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village”). Cognate with Old English hǣman (“to cohabit, lie with, marry”); related to Old English hām (“home, village”), Old French hantin (“a stay, a place frequented by”) from the same Germanic source. Another descendant from the French is Dutch hanteren, whence German hantieren, Swedish hantera, Danish håndtere. More at home.