haunt
Linger as spirit
Haunt means to visit repeatedly, especially as a ghost or spirit: The old mansion is said to be haunted.
A place someone haunts is one they frequent: This café was Hemingway's haunt.
Memories or worries that haunt you keep returning unbidden: The decision haunted her for years.
A haunting melody or image lingers in the mind.
Apparition of the dead
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
poltergeist · wraith · supernatural · paranormal · séance · possession · manifestation · undead
Unsettlingly strange
- creepyDisturbingly strange
- chillingCausing fear or cold
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- uncannyEerily beyond normal
ominous · macabre · gothic · shadowy · foreboding · unnerving · eldritch · dreadful
Stored past experiences
- reminisceRecall past experiences fondly
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
wistful · yearning · regret · bittersweet · longing · past · remembrance · sentimental
Persistent mental attachment
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- consumeTake in fully
grip · possession · captivate · enthrall · unshakable · relentless · intrusive · recurring
Frequented gathering place
- stomping groundHabitual gathering place
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- denPrivate room or lair
- lairAnimal's hidden dwelling
refuge · hideaway · gathering place · spot · locale · venue · dive · watering hole
ghost
Apparition of the dead
- specterGhostly threatening presence
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- apparitionVisible supernatural manifestation
spirit · poltergeist · wraith · supernatural · paranormal · séance · possession · manifestation · undead · revenant
persist
Continue firmly onward
hover · endure · recur · echo · resurface · revisit · plague · nag · torment · trouble
spooky
Unsettlingly strange
uncanny · ominous · macabre · gothic · shadowy · foreboding · unnerving · eldritch · dreadful · mysterious
memories
Stored past experiences
- reminisceRecall past experiences fondly
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- recollectionRecalled mental image
nostalgia · wistful · yearning · regret · bittersweet · longing · past · remembrance · sentimental · bygone
fixation
Persistent mental attachment
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
consume · grip · possession · captivate · enthrall · unshakable · relentless · intrusive · recurring · incessant
hangout
Frequented gathering place
- stomping groundHabitual gathering place
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
- denPrivate room or lair
lair · refuge · hideaway · gathering place · spot · locale · venue · dive · watering hole · regular
- Halloweenjack-o-lantern, trick or treating, pumpkin, trick-or-treat, ghost
- placescity, town, village, hamlet, building
- spiritghost, specter, phantom, apparition, soul
- supernatural beingsghost, demon, phantom, specter, banshee
- spellsspell, cast, conjure, curse, enchantment
- spiritsghost, vodka, rum, whiskey, brandy
- haunted houseDwelling believed spirit-inhabited
- haunted mansionSpirit-occupied grand residence
- come back to hauntPast mistakes resurface painfully
- haunted mazeAttraction with scares, turns
- haunted locationsSites of alleged paranormal activity
- haunted sitesPlaces with reported ghosts