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making you feel slightly frightened or worried about your ability to achieve something: The country was faced with the daunting prospect of overcoming four decades of division. Synonym. aversive. dampen someone's enthusiasm. dampen someone's spirits. dampener on something. daunt. deterrence.
- Daunt
DAUNT definition: 1. to make someone feel slightly...
- Frightened
FRIGHTENED definition: 1. feeling fear or worry: 2. feeling...
- Intimidating
INTIMIDATING definition: 1. making you feel frightened or...
- English (US)
DAUNTING meaning: 1. making you feel slightly frightened or...
- Simplified
DAUNTING translate: 令人发怵的；使人气馁的. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Traditional
DAUNTING translate: 令人發怵的；使人氣餒的. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Daunt
If something is daunting, it makes you worried because it is difficult or frightening: a daunting challenge / task. (Definition of daunting from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
daunt (dônt, dänt), v.t. 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. Latin domitāre to tame, derivative of domitus, past participle of domāre to tame.
The earliest known use of the adjective daunting is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for daunting is from before 1400, in Cursor Mundi: a Northumbrian poem of the 14th century. daunting is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: daunt v., ‑ing suffix2.
Daunting is the progressive or continuous tense (the -ing form) of the verb daunt, meaning to intimidate or discourage. But daunting is commonly used as an adjective. It is almost always used to describe tasks, projects, or other things that need to be done.
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daunting. (dɔntɪŋ ) 1. adjective. Something that is daunting makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it. He and his wife Jane were faced with the daunting task of restoring the gardens to their former splendor. Synonyms: intimidating, alarming, frightening, discouraging More Synonyms of daunting.
