HAUNT
What does "HAUNT" mean?
To inhabit or visit a place as a ghost, or to recur persistently in someone's mind.
Meanings
- To appear in or frequent a place as a ghost or spirit. Locals swear a grey lady haunts the old mill.
- To recur insistently and disturbingly in the mind. The mistake haunted him for years. figurative
- To visit a place habitually. He still haunts the cafe where they first met.
- A place one visits often. The little jazz bar was their favourite haunt. informal
Word origin
From Old French 'hanter' ('to frequent, resort to'), probably from Old Norse 'heimta' ('to bring home'); the ghostly sense is an English development from around 1500.
Remember it
A HAUNT is a place you keep coming back to - and a ghost is just a guest who never learned to leave.
A little poem
The empty hallway
still keeps the shape of your step-
memory walks here.
haiku
Wordplay
- Ghosts love their old neighbourhood bar - it's their favourite haunt, and they never have to pay the tab.
What it teaches
What haunts you is rarely the past itself, only the part of it you never finished feeling.
Quick facts
What does HAUNT mean?
To inhabit or visit a place as a ghost, or to recur persistently in someone's mind.
Is HAUNT a valid word?
Yes — HAUNT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is HAUNT?
HAUNT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does HAUNT come from?
From Old French 'hanter' ('to frequent, resort to'), probably from Old Norse 'heimta' ('to bring home'); the ghostly sense is an English development from around 1500.
What can HAUNT teach us?
What haunts you is rarely the past itself, only the part of it you never finished feeling.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.