haunt

Universal Words verb, noun verb [VN] 1 if the ghost of a dead person haunts a place, people say that they have seen it there: A headless rider haunts the country lanes. * I'll come back to haunt you! 2 if sth unpleasant haunts you, it keeps coming to your mind so that you cannot forget it: The memory of that day still haunts me. * For years she was haunted by guilt. 3 to continue to cause problems for sb for a long time: That decision came back to haunt him in later life. * She has been haunted by her past during her career. noun a place that sb visits often or where they spend a lot of time: Is this one of your usual haunts? * The pub is a favourite haunt of artists.