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How to pronounce haunt in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ghost, obsess
Type of preoccupy


Fear of illness haunts her.
Type Words
Synonyms frequent
Type of visit, travel to
Has types hang out


She haunts the ballet.
Type Words
Synonyms stalk
Type of pursue, follow


the ghost of her mother haunted her.
Type Words
Synonyms hangout, repair, resort, stamping ground
Type of area, country
Has types gathering place

Examples of haunt

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The thought of four second-half turnovers will surely haunt the players as well.
From the usatoday.com
Bass has clear sympathy for those whose fate is to haunt some A-list or another.
From the washingtonpost.com
It may have occurred in Europe, but the ghosts of Srebrenica haunt America, too.
From the newsweek.com
This may be the season that borderline calls no longer haunt the Ravens, though.
From the sacbee.com
The record producer's anecdotes fascinate while his more personal musings haunt.
From the latimes.com
Nashville does not have a star as you know and that may come back to haunt them.
From the ocregister.com
That said, there are a number of watering holes I like to haunt with my friends.
From the techcrunch.com
If he has any conscience at all, the decision to leave Cleveland will haunt him.
From the bostonherald.com
The words you use could come back to haunt you, and not in a fun, Halloween way.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • A frequently visited place
  • Follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"
  • Haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her"
  • Frequent: be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She haunts the ballet"
  • (haunted) having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"; "he was taken up in worry for the old woman"
  • (haunted) showing emotional affliction or disquiet; "her expression became progressively more haunted"
  • This is a list of locations reportedly haunted by ghosts or other supernatural beings. Reports of haunted locations are part of ghostlore, which is a form of folklore.
  • HAUNT was a straightforward but engagingly irreverent text-based mainframe computer game. It was created in OPS4 language in 1979 by John E. Laird.http://www.lysator.liu.se/adventure/Mainframe_adventures.html
  • Haunt is a fictional comic book character who appears in a self-titled ongoing series created by Todd McFarlane and Robert Kirkman, launched by Image Comics on October 7, 2009.