haunt — OAT · Shobdo

haunt

verb

1 a ghost haunts this eighteenth-century house:

appear in, materialize in;

visit;

informal spook.

2 he haunts street markets:

frequent, spend time in, patronize, visit regularly, be a regular visitor to, be a regular client of, loiter in, linger in;

informal hang around/out in.

3 the sight haunted me for years:

torment, obsess, oppress, disturb, trouble, worry, plague, burden, beset, beleaguer, bedevil, besiege, torture;

prey on, weigh on, gnaw at, nag at, weigh heavily on, lie heavy on;

prey on one's mind, weigh heavily on one's mind, be a weight on one's mind;

informal bug.

noun

a favorite haunt of artists of the time:

hangout, stomping ground, meeting place, territory, domain, purlieu, resort, den, retreat, favorite spot;

informal hidey-hole;

British, informal local, patch, manor.