Word Meanings - HAUNT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
to go about, fr. L. ambire ; or cf. Icel. heimta to 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.
Additional info about word: HAUNT
to go about, fr. L. ambire ; or cf. Icel. heimta to 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. 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. Haunt thyself to pity. Wyclif.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of HAUNT)
- Keep
- Hold
- restrain
- retain
- detain
- guard
- preserve
- suppress
- repress
- conceal
- tend
- support
- maintain
- conduct
- continue
- obey
- haunt
- observe
- frequent
- celebrate
- protect
- adhere to
- practise
- binder
- sustain
- Resort
- Assembly
- betaking
- repairing
- frequentation
- employment
- recourse
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of HAUNT)
- Shun
- ignore
- avoid
- discard
- Drop
- betray
- surrender
- abandon
- discontinue
- oppose
- discourage
- weaken
- exhaust
- thwart
- discountenance
- disfavor
- subvert
- suppress
Related words: (words related to HAUNT)
- MAINTAIN
by the hand; main hand + F. tenir to hold . See 1. To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; - FREQUENTATIVE
Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb. -- n. - SUSTAIN
F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains - SUPPORTABLE
Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv. - GUARDIAN
One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs. Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz., - GUARDIANSHIP
The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch. - SUPPORTATION
Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon. - RESTRAINABLE
Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne. - RECOURSEFUL
Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately. Drayton. - GUARDIANESS
A female guardian. I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess. Beau. & Fl. - SUPPRESSOR
One who suppresses. - GUARDIANLESS
Without a guardian. Marston. - SUSTAINABLE
Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable. - PROTECT
To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children. The gods of Greece protect you! Shak. Syn. -- To guard; shield; preserve. See Defend. - CONCEALED
Hidden; kept from sight; secreted. -- Con*ceal"ed*ly (, adv. -- Con*ceal"ed*ness, n. Concealed weapons , dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute. - DISCONTINUE
To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school - GUARDER
One who guards. - RETAINMENT
The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More. - GUARDANT
See GARDANT (more info) 1. Acting as guardian. Shak. - REPRESSIBLE
Capable of being repressed. - UNEMPLOYMENT
Quality or state of being not employed; -- used esp. in economics, of the condition of various social classes when temporarily thrown out of employment, as those engaged for short periods, those whose trade is decaying, and those least competent. - OVERFREQUENT
Too frequent. - SAFE-CONDUCT
That which gives a safe, passage; either a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak. - CHAUNTERIE
See CHAUCER - COUNTERGUARD
A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire. - MISOBSERVE
To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.