DAUNT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they daunt ... he / she / it daunts

Past simple: daunted

Past participle: daunted

-ing form: daunting

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to lose courage

Example:

dashed by the refusal

Synonyms:

dash; daunt; frighten away; frighten off; pall; scare; scare away; scare off

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "daunt" is one way to...):

intimidate (to compel or deter by or as if by threats)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The performance is likely to daunt Sue

Credits

Context examples:

If you are saying to yourself that you would love to move, but the cost of such an undertaking seems daunting, the universe might have a plan to help you get started.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This loud speech, coming from a man of so formidable an appearance, somewhat daunted the disloyal party, and they fell into a sullen silence, which enabled Alleyne to hear something of the talk which was going on in the further corner between the physician, the tooth-drawer and the gleeman.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Nothing daunted him.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I had indeed levelled at that prominent feature as hard a blow as my knuckles could inflict; and when I saw that either that or my look daunted him, I had the greatest inclination to follow up my advantage to purpose; but he was already with his mama.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The Moffats were very fashionable, and simple Meg was rather daunted, at first, by the splendor of the house and the elegance of its occupants.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Somewhat daunted, Jo righted herself, spread her handkerchief over the devoted ribbons, and putting temptation behind her, hurried on, with increasing dampness about the ankles, and much clashing of umbrellas overhead.