All haunt synonyms
haunt
H h verb haunt
- disquiet β lack of calm, peace, or ease; anxiety; uneasiness.
- madden β to anger or infuriate: The delays maddened her.
- vex β to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
- dwell β to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
- hover β to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building.
- return β to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
- rise β to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- spook β Informal. a ghost; specter.
- harrow β a borough of Greater London, in SE England.
- overrun β to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
- possess β to have as belonging to one; have as property; own: to possess a house and a car.
- materialize β to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
- tease β to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- reappear β to come into sight; become visible: A man suddenly appeared in the doorway.
- manifest β readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- nettle β any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle family.
- harass β to disturb persistently; torment, as with troubles or cares; bother continually; pester; persecute.
- voodoo β Also, vodun. a polytheistic religion practiced chiefly by West Indians, deriving principally from African cult worship and containing elements borrowed from the Catholic religion.
- rack β the neck portion of mutton, pork, or veal.
- repair β to restore to a good or sound condition after decay or damage; mend: to repair a motor.
- visit β to go to and stay with (a person or family) or at (a place) for a short time for reasons of sociability, politeness, business, curiosity, etc.: to visit a friend; to visit clients; to visit Paris.
- habituate β to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation: Wealth habituated him to luxury.
- frequent β happening or occurring at short intervals: to make frequent trips to Tokyo.
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- bother β If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
- preoccupy β to absorb or engross to the exclusion of other things.
- discomfit β to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
- terrorise β to fill or overcome with terror.
- agonise β to suffer extreme pain or anguish; be in agony.
- materialise β to come into perceptible existence; appear; become actual or real; be realized or carried out: Our plans never materialized.
- roam β to walk, go, or travel without a fixed purpose or direction; ramble; wander; rove: to roam about the world.
- prowl β to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- come back β If something that you had forgotten comes back to you, you remember it.
- prey on β an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
- stay with β to spend some time in a place, in a situation, with a person or group, etc.: He stayed in the army for ten years.
- hang around β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hang about β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hang out β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
noun haunt
- stamping ground β a habitual or favorite haunt.
- stomping ground β a habitual or favorite haunt.
- trysting place β a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.