Vocabulary
Haunt
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
(of a ghost) manifest itself at (a place) regularly.
Urdu meaning
آمدورفت رکھنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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The only other Oscar nominee I can comment on is The Voice of Hind Rajab, which will haunt most viewers for the rest of their lives.
Dawn Editorials —
Hind to Hormuz
— 2026-03-18
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She must realise that her strategy of stoking regressive middle-class nationalist passions can one day come back to haunt her.
Dawn Editorials —
Disturbing spat
— 2025-10-02
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Taking aim at the US, without naming it, he rejected `bullying behaviour` by certain countries and decried the `Cold War` mentality that `continues to haunt the world`.
Dawn Editorials —
Shifting global dynamics
— 2025-09-08
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Those ghosts reappeared to haunt Pakistan on Tuesday when 100 runs were conceded in the last seven overs to put the West Indies in the driving seat.
Dawn Editorials —
Defeated again
— 2025-08-14
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The check posts, the questioning, the complaints about compensation, the missing people all of these issues and more continued to haunt the people on their return.
Dawn Editorials —
Rinse and repeat
— 2025-08-12
Synonyms
appear in, materialize in, visit, spook
Antonyms
abandon, cease, abjure
Curator example
“a grey lady who haunts the chapel”
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