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| Main Entry: |
haunt
 [hawnt, hahnt; for 10 also hant] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | visit as a spirit |
| Synonyms: | agitate, agonize, annoy, appall, appear, be ever present, bedevil, beset, besiege, come back, disquiet, dwell, float, frighten, harass, harrow, hound, hover, infest, inhabit, intrude, madden, manifest, materialize, molest, nettle, obsess, overrun, permeate, pervade, pester, plague, possess, prey on, rack, reappear, recur, return, rise, spook, stay with, tease, terrify, terrorize, torment, trouble, vex, voodoo, walk, weigh on, worry |
| Main Entry: | haunted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | frequented |
| Synonyms: | obsessed, preyed upon, visited by |
| Main Entry: | attend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be present at |
| Synonyms: | appear, be a guest, be at, be present, be there, bob up, catch, check in, clock in, come to light, drop in, frequent, go to, haunt, make an appearance, make it, make the scene, pop up, punch in, punch the clock, ring in, show, show up, sit in on, time in, turn up, visit |
| Antonyms: | be absent |
Example Sentences
- She couldn't find the entrance again, so she haunted the caves forever, looking for her family.
- Still haunted by its beauty and a longing to return someday.
- Months later these scenes have re-emerged and haunted my dreams.
| Main Entry: | dog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chase after; bother |
| Synonyms: | bedog, haunt, hound, plague, pursue, shadow, tag, tail, track, trail, trouble |
| Antonyms: | leave alone, let go |
| Main Entry: | fixate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | focus |
| Synonyms: | become attached, center on, direct, haunt, infatuate, obsess, rivet one's eyes, zero in on |
| Main Entry: | frequent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be a regular customer of |
| Synonyms: | affect, attend, attend regularly, be at home in, be found at, be often in, drop in, go to, hang about, hang around, hang out at, haunt*, hit*, infest, overrun, patronize, play*, resort, revisit, visit often |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ghostly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spooky |
| Synonyms: | apparitional, cadaverous, corpselike, deathlike, divine, eerie, eidolic, ghastly, ghostlike, haunted, holy, illusory, insubstantial, pale, phantasmal, phantom, scary, shadowy, spectral, spiritual, supernatural, uncanny, unearthly, vampiric, wan, weird, wraithlike, wraithy |
| Main Entry: | gnaw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be bothered, worried about |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bedevil, beleague, distress, eat at, fret, harass, harry, haunt, irritate, nag, pester, plague, prey on one's mind, rankle, tease, trouble, wear down |
| Main Entry: | hang about/hang around/hang out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | associate with; be residing in |
| Synonyms: | abide, affect, dally, frequent, get along with, haunt, have relations with, linger, live, loiter, reside, resort, roam, spend time, stand around, swell, tarry, waste time |
| Antonyms: | condemn |
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