Haunt \Haunt\ (h[aum]nt; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Haunting.]

[F. hanter; of uncertain origin, perh. from an assumed LL. ambitare to go about, fr. L. ambire (see Ambition); or cf. Icel. heimta to demand, regain, akin to heim home (see Home). [root]36.]

1. To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon. [1913 Webster]

You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Those cares that haunt the court and town. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

2. To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition; -- said of spirits or ghosts, especially of dead people; as, the murdered man haunts the house where he died. [1913 Webster]

Foul spirits haunt my resting place. --Fairfax. [1913 Webster]

3. To practice; to devote one's self to. [Obs.]

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That other merchandise that men haunt with fraud . . . is cursed. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime. --Ascham. [1913 Webster]

4. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.]

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Haunt thyself to pity. --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Haunted \Haunt"ed\, a. Inhabited by, or subject to the visits of, apparitions; frequented by a ghost. [1913 Webster]

All houses wherein men have lived and died Are haunted houses. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "haunted": beset, dogged, fretted, ghost-haunted, ghost-ridden, harassed, harried, hounded, mindful, nagged, obsessed, persecuted, plagued, possessed, rankled, remembering, specter-haunted, spirit-haunted, spooked, spooky, tormented, unable to forget, vexed, worried, worried sick, worried stiff

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

haunted adj
1: having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"; "he was taken up in worry for the old woman" [syn: obsessed, preoccupied, taken up(p)]
2: showing emotional affliction or disquiet; "her expression became progressively more haunted"
3: inhabited by or as if by apparitions; "a haunted house"

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Haunt \Haunt\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Haunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Haunting.]

[F. hanter; of uncertain origin, perh. from an assumed LL. ambitare to go about, fr. L. ambire (see Ambition); or cf. Icel. heimta to demand, regain, akin to heim home (see Home). [root]36.]

1. To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.

You wrong me, sir, thus still to haunt my house. --Shak.

Those cares that haunt the court and town. --Swift.

2. To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition.

Foul spirits haunt my resting place. --Fairfax.

3. To practice; to devote one's self to. [Obs.]

That other merchandise that men haunt with fraud . . . is cursed. --Chaucer.

Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime. --Ascham.

4. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.]

Haunt thyself to pity. --Wyclif.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Haunted \Haunt"ed\, a. Inhabited by, or subject to the visits of, apparitions; frequented by a ghost.

All houses wherein men have lived and died Are haunted houses. --Longfellow.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)