haunt

 
Pronunciation: /hɔːnt/

verb

[with object]
  • (of a ghost) manifest itself at (a place) regularly: a grey lady who haunts the chapel
  • (of a person or animal) frequent (a place): he haunts street markets
  • be persistently and disturbingly present in (the mind): the sight haunted me for years
  • (of something unpleasant) continue to affect or cause problems for: cities haunted by the shadow of cholera

noun

  • a place frequented by a specified person: the bar was a favourite haunt of artists of the time

Derivatives

haunter

noun

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'frequent (a place')): from Old French hanter, of Germanic origin; distantly related to home