Haunt
verb
Often visited by a spirit or ghost.
The old castle is said to be haunted by a headless ghost.
Often appears as...
- haunted house
- haunted castle
verb
Frequently visit a place.
He haunted the local pub every night after work.
Often appears as...
- haunt the pub
- haunt someone's thoughts
verb
Persistently cause worry or distress to someone.
The memory of the accident haunts her to this day.
Often appears as...
- memories haunt
- haunt someone's dreams
noun
A place frequently visited.
The local pub was his favorite haunt.
Often appears as...
- favorite haunt
- old haunt
verb
Often visited by a spirit or ghost.
The old castle is said to be haunted by a headless ghost.
Often appears as...
- haunted house
- haunted castle
verb
Frequently visit a place.
He haunted the local pub every night after work.
Often appears as...
- haunt the pub
- haunt someone's thoughts
verb
Persistently cause worry or distress to someone.
The memory of the accident haunts her to this day.
Often appears as...
- memories haunt
- haunt someone's dreams
noun
A place frequently visited.
The local pub was his favorite haunt.
Often appears as...
- favorite haunt
- old haunt
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Spooky Ambiance
Used to create a scary atmosphere, often in stories or when describing places.
Visitors avoid the haunted mansion because of its eerie history.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Legends
Common in folklore or tales involving ghosts or supernatural beings.
Many cultures have stories of haunted woods where travelers should not wander.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to express something is plagued by issues.
The software was haunted by bugs, making it difficult to use.
Pro Tip 1/3Spooky Ambiance
Used to create a scary atmosphere, often in stories or when describing places.
Visitors avoid the haunted mansion because of its eerie history.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Legends
Common in folklore or tales involving ghosts or supernatural beings.
Many cultures have stories of haunted woods where travelers should not wander.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to express something is plagued by issues.
The software was haunted by bugs, making it difficult to use.
Pro Tip 1/3Spooky Ambiance
Used to create a scary atmosphere, often in stories or when describing places.
Visitors avoid the haunted mansion because of its eerie history.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Legends
Common in folklore or tales involving ghosts or supernatural beings.
Many cultures have stories of haunted woods where travelers should not wander.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes used metaphorically to express something is plagued by issues.
The software was haunted by bugs, making it difficult to use.
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Your elusive creative...
that comes into his head as inspiration often comes, elusive and tantalizing, and he wants it, it's gorgeous, and he longs for it, but he has no way to get it. He doesn't have a piece of paper, or a pencil, or a tape recorder. So he starts to feel all of that old anxiety start to rise in him like, "I'm going to lose this thing, and I'll be be haunted by this song forever.
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Why should you read Toni...
This tension shows the limitations of our own perspectives, and the ways in which some characters are actively avoiding the reality of their actions. But in other instances, the characters’ shifting memories align perfectly; capturing the collective trauma that haunts the story. Though "Beloved" touches on dark subjects,
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The terrors of sleep...
and it may be linked to sleep disorders such as narcolepsy, many who experience an episode of sleep paralysis do so infrequently, perhaps only once in a lifetime. So you can rest easy, knowing that an evil entity is not trying to haunt, possess, strangle, or suffocate you.
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How to make your writing...
What's inside the haunted mansion? Which of the dinner guests is the murderer? But suspense exists beyond these genres. Will the hero save the day? Will the couple get together in the end? And what is the dark secret that causes the main character so much pain?
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Ghosts: Is It Real? PIPE...
looped videotape of a moment in time this kind of haunting seems to have no will of its own and does not interact with the living a third type is called a crisis apparition when the dead are said to appear shortly after their deaths two people close to them
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How to stay calm under...
where performance often occurs under intense pressure and depends on key moments. And yet, performance anxiety also haunts public speakers, contestants in spelling bees, and even world-famous musicians. Most people intuitively blame it on their nerves,
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The voices in my head PIPE...
and yet, someone else was saved. A broken and haunted person began that journey, but the person who emerged was a survivor and would ultimately grow into the person I was destined to be. Many people have harmed me in my life, and I remember them all,
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Why is being scared so...
why some may love the dizziness associated with a loop-de-loop, while loathing the stomach-drop sensation of a steep roller coaster, or why some squeal with delight inside a haunted house, but retreat in terror if taken to an actual cemetery.
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Lifesaving tech powered...
if I had this maybe I could have saved my babies those words haunt me and they drive me I believe we can solve challenging global problems even beyond infant mortality with the most powerful thing in the world love technology alone
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Best Of Frogs PIPE Top 5 PIPE...
far away down the valley the haunting call of the orangutan now with forest destruction truly wild orangutans are very rare and notoriously shy of humans
Video examples
Your elusive creative...
that comes into his head as inspiration often comes, elusive and tantalizing, and he wants it, it's gorgeous, and he longs for it, but he has no way to get it. He doesn't have a piece of paper, or a pencil, or a tape recorder. So he starts to feel all of that old anxiety start to rise in him like, "I'm going to lose this thing, and I'll be be haunted by this song forever.
Video examples
Why should you read Toni...
This tension shows the limitations of our own perspectives, and the ways in which some characters are actively avoiding the reality of their actions. But in other instances, the characters’ shifting memories align perfectly; capturing the collective trauma that haunts the story. Though "Beloved" touches on dark subjects,
Video examples
The terrors of sleep...
and it may be linked to sleep disorders such as narcolepsy, many who experience an episode of sleep paralysis do so infrequently, perhaps only once in a lifetime. So you can rest easy, knowing that an evil entity is not trying to haunt, possess, strangle, or suffocate you.
Video examples
How to make your writing...
What's inside the haunted mansion? Which of the dinner guests is the murderer? But suspense exists beyond these genres. Will the hero save the day? Will the couple get together in the end? And what is the dark secret that causes the main character so much pain?
Video examples
Ghosts: Is It Real? PIPE...
looped videotape of a moment in time this kind of haunting seems to have no will of its own and does not interact with the living a third type is called a crisis apparition when the dead are said to appear shortly after their deaths two people close to them
Video examples
How to stay calm under...
where performance often occurs under intense pressure and depends on key moments. And yet, performance anxiety also haunts public speakers, contestants in spelling bees, and even world-famous musicians. Most people intuitively blame it on their nerves,
Video examples
The voices in my head PIPE...
and yet, someone else was saved. A broken and haunted person began that journey, but the person who emerged was a survivor and would ultimately grow into the person I was destined to be. Many people have harmed me in my life, and I remember them all,
Video examples
Why is being scared so...
why some may love the dizziness associated with a loop-de-loop, while loathing the stomach-drop sensation of a steep roller coaster, or why some squeal with delight inside a haunted house, but retreat in terror if taken to an actual cemetery.
Video examples
Lifesaving tech powered...
if I had this maybe I could have saved my babies those words haunt me and they drive me I believe we can solve challenging global problems even beyond infant mortality with the most powerful thing in the world love technology alone
Video examples
Best Of Frogs PIPE Top 5 PIPE...
far away down the valley the haunting call of the orangutan now with forest destruction truly wild orangutans are very rare and notoriously shy of humans
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Quote examples
Gene Wilder
American Actor
I said something really stupid once. I told a friend that my mother was so beautiful, but my dad was ugly. My dad heard it and just laughed it off, but I felt guilty. It haunted me for years. I should never have said that.
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Harold Kushner
American Clergyman
I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear... that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived.
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Graham Brown
American Writer
Life is about choices. Some we regret, some were proud of. Some will haunt us forever. 'Black Rain' was very much about choices. The message - we are what we chose to be.
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Zach Braff
American Actor
When we shoot 'Scrubs' I spend every waking hour of my life in an abandoned and haunted hospital. All I can date there are ghosts and they tend to be horrible snugglers.
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Khaled Hosseini
Afghani Novelist
I'm fascinated by the way early experiences haunt and revisit you, remain present in your life for decades and decades - they can even shape who you ultimately become.
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Gareth Edwards
Welsh Athlete
So when you make a disaster movie that is trying to say something about our world, you reach for images that haunt you.
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Hannah Bronfman
American Businessman
If you don't work through the things that haunt you early, they'll stay with you for the rest of your life.
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Nadya Suleman
American Celebrity
Everything a parent chooses to do in their life will forever haunt their kids.
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Peaches Geldof
British Journalist
I hate ridiculous names; my weird name has haunted me all my life.
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Jim Otto
American Athlete
And as a true athlete, mistakes haunt you forever.
Quote examples
Gene Wilder
American Actor
I said something really stupid once. I told a friend that my mother was so beautiful, but my dad was ugly. My dad heard it and just laughed it off, but I felt guilty. It haunted me for years. I should never have said that.
Quote examples
Harold Kushner
American Clergyman
I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear... that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived.
Quote examples
Graham Brown
American Writer
Life is about choices. Some we regret, some were proud of. Some will haunt us forever. 'Black Rain' was very much about choices. The message - we are what we chose to be.
Quote examples
Zach Braff
American Actor
When we shoot 'Scrubs' I spend every waking hour of my life in an abandoned and haunted hospital. All I can date there are ghosts and they tend to be horrible snugglers.
Quote examples
Khaled Hosseini
Afghani Novelist
I'm fascinated by the way early experiences haunt and revisit you, remain present in your life for decades and decades - they can even shape who you ultimately become.
Quote examples
Gareth Edwards
Welsh Athlete
So when you make a disaster movie that is trying to say something about our world, you reach for images that haunt you.
Quote examples
Hannah Bronfman
American Businessman
If you don't work through the things that haunt you early, they'll stay with you for the rest of your life.
Quote examples
Nadya Suleman
American Celebrity
Everything a parent chooses to do in their life will forever haunt their kids.
Quote examples
Peaches Geldof
British Journalist
I hate ridiculous names; my weird name has haunted me all my life.
Quote examples
Jim Otto
American Athlete
And as a true athlete, mistakes haunt you forever.
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