daunt
verb/dɔːnt/
/dɔːnt/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they daunt | /dɔːnt/ /dɔːnt/ |
| he / she / it daunts | /dɔːnts/ /dɔːnts/ |
| past simple daunted | /ˈdɔːntɪd/ /ˈdɔːntɪd/ |
| past participle daunted | /ˈdɔːntɪd/ /ˈdɔːntɪd/ |
| -ing form daunting | /ˈdɔːntɪŋ/ /ˈdɔːntɪŋ/ |
- daunt somebody to make somebody feel nervous and less confident about doing something synonym intimidate
- She was a brave woman but she felt daunted by the task ahead.
- He had struggled with problems that would daunt the most energetic and resourceful of people.
- The prospect of going in a helicopter rather daunts me.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French danter, from Latin domitare, frequentative of domare ‘to tame’.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See daunt in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarynothing daunted
- (British English, formal) confident about something difficult you have to do
- Nothing daunted, the people set about rebuilding their homes.
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