Word

haunt, v.
(haunted, haunting, haunts)
freq. cnt. 6

haunt like a ghost; pursue
<verb.emotion> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2

ghost haunt obsess

sample sentences

"Fear of illness haunts her"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The good news will %s her
The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The good news will %s her

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
The good news will %s her

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

obsession

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ghost

semantic pointers

hypernym

preoccupy

follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

haunt stalk

sample sentences

"her ex-boyfriend stalked her"
"the ghost of her mother haunted her"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

stalk

semantic pointers

hypernym

pursue, follow

be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

frequent haunt

sample sentences

"She haunts the ballet"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

frequent frequenter

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

haunt

semantic pointers

hypernym

visit, travel to

hyponym

hang out