daunt
- to overcome with fear; intimidate: to daunt one's adversaries.
- to lessen the courage of; dishearten: Don't be daunted by the amount of work still to be done.
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dismay, discourage, dishearten, subdue, dispirit, intimidate, appall, deter, baffle, horrify, scare, terrify, thwart, bully, cow, consternate, foil, shake, browbeat, overaweExamples from the Web for daunted
Contemporary Examples of daunted
Having been raised in the Midwest, I am always astonished by people who are daunted by snow.
He was daunted by the thought of writing it for everyone else.
Historical Examples of daunted
But his faith in the France of his imagination was not daunted.
The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The MortgageCharles G. D. Roberts
Maurice was daunted; he stooped and raised the weapon in his hand.
The DownfallEmile Zola
An entire brigade of Crippses would not have daunted me then.
Kent Knowles: QuahaugJoseph C. Lincoln
Philip was vanquished, and he knew it, but he was not daunted, he was not distressed.
The ManxmanHall Caine
See now, let us dance and sing, so that the jailers may know we are not daunted.
Two Penniless PrincessesCharlotte M. Yonge
daunt
- to intimidate
- to dishearten
Word Origin for daunt
Word Origin and History for daunted
daunt
c.1300, "to vanquish," from Old French danter, variant of donter (12c., Modern French dompter) "be afraid of, fear, doubt; control, restrain," from Latin domitare, frequentative of domare "to tame" (see tame (v.)). Sense of "to intimidate" is from late 15c. Related: Daunted; daunting.