Past tense of haunt
regular verb
The past tense of haunt is haunted. The past participle is also haunted.
Forms of haunt
| Base form (V1) | haunt /hɔːnt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | haunted /ˈhɔːntɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | haunted /ˈhɔːntɪd/ |
| Present participle | haunting |
| Third person singular | haunts |
Haunted in a sentence
- The memory of his past failures haunted him.
- The murder of Déagol haunted Gollum, and he had made up a defence.1954, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
- Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.From the entry ghost
- According to local legend, a ghost has haunted the mansion for two hundred years.From the entry haunted
- The graveyard was haunted by a ghostly figure of a young girl.From the entry ghostly
Meaning of haunt
- verb To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
- verb To make uneasy, restless.
- verb To stalk; to follow.
Questions about the past tense of haunt
- What is the past tense of haunt?
- The past tense of haunt is haunted.
- What is the past participle of haunt?
- The past participle of haunt is haunted.
- Is haunt a regular or irregular verb?
- Haunt is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: haunt (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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