different between haunt vs intimidate
haunt
English
Alternative forms
- hant (Scotland), haint (US, dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle English haunten (“to reside, inhabit, use, employ”), from Old French hanter (“to inhabit, frequent, resort to”), from Old Northern French hanter (“to go back home, frequent”), from Old Norse heimta (“to bring home, fetch”) or/and from Old English h?mettan (“to bring home; house; cohabit with”); both from Proto-Germanic *haimatjan? (“to house, bring home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“village, home”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?ym- (“village”).
Cognate with Old English h?mettan (“to provide housing to, bring home”); related to Old English h?m (“home, village”), Old French hantin (“a stay, a place frequented by”) from the same Germanic source. Another descendant from the French is Dutch hanteren, whence German hantieren, Swedish hantera, Danish håndtere. More at home.
Pronunciation
- enPR: hônt, IPA(key): /h??nt/
- Rhymes: -??nt
- (some accents) enPR: hänt, IPA(key): /h??nt/
- Rhymes: -??nt
- (some accents for noun definition #2) enPR: h?nt, IPA(key): /hænt/
- Rhymes: -ænt
Verb
haunt (third-person singular simple present haunts, present participle haunting, simple past and past participle haunted)
- (transitive) To inhabit, or visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).
- Foul spirits haunt my resting place.
- 1713, Jonathan Swift, Imitation of Horace, Book I. Ep. VII.
- those cares that haunt the court and town
- (transitive) To make uneasy, restless.
- (transitive) To stalk, to follow
- (intransitive, now rare) To live habitually; to stay, to remain.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.
- (transitive, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To practise; to devote oneself to.
- 1570, Roger Ascham, The School master
- Leave honest pleasure, and haunt no good pastime.
- 1570, Roger Ascham, The School master
- (intransitive) To persist in staying or visiting.
Synonyms
- (to make uneasy): nag
- (to live habitually): live, dwell; See also Thesaurus:reside
Translations
Noun
haunt (plural haunts)
- A place at which one is regularly found; a habitation or hangout.
- 1868, Louisa May Alcott, "Kitty's Class Day":
- Both Jack and Fletcher had graduated the year before, but still took an interest in their old haunts, and patronized the fellows who were not yet through.
- 1984, Timothy Loughran and Natalie Angier, "Science: Striking It Rich in Wyoming," Time, 8 Oct.:
- Wyoming has been a favorite haunt of paleontologists for the past century ever since westering pioneers reported that many vertebrate fossils were almost lying on the ground.
- 1868, Louisa May Alcott, "Kitty's Class Day":
- (dialect) A ghost.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, page 93:
- ‘Harnts don't wander much ginerally,’ he said. ‘They hand round thar own buryin'-groun' mainly.’
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, page 93:
- A feeding place for animals.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Utahn, unhat
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intimidate
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin intimidatus, past participle of intimidare (“to make afraid”), from Latin in (“in”) + timidus (“afraid, timid”); see timid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?t?m?de?t/
Verb
intimidate (third-person singular simple present intimidates, present participle intimidating, simple past and past participle intimidated)
- (transitive) To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence
- He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.
- Synonym: abash
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:intimidate
Related terms
- intimidatingly
- intimidation
- intimidator
- intimidatory
- timid
Translations
References
- intimidate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- intimidate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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