daunt
21daunt — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French danter, daunter, from Latin domitare to tame, frequentative of domare more at tame Date: 14th century to lessen the courage of ; cow, subdue Synonyms: see dismay …
22daunt — verb /dɔːnt,dɔnt,dɑnt/ a) To discourage, intimidate. b) To overwhelm …
23daunt — Synonyms and related words: admonish, alarm, appall, awe, baffle, beat down, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, caution, clamp down on, coerce, compel, cow, cry out against, despotize, deter, discomfit, disconcert, discourage, dishearten …
24daunt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. intimidate, cow, dismay, discourage. See fear, dejection. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dismay, appall, horrify, frighten; see dismay , frighten 1 . See Synonym Study at dismay . III (Roget s 3… …
25daunt — see TAME …
26daunt — [[t]dɔ͟ːnt[/t]] daunts, daunting, daunted VERB If something daunts you, it makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it. [V n] ...a gruelling journey that would have daunted a woman half her age... [V n] I m somewhat daunted by …
27daunt — dÉ”Ënt v. intimidate, frighten …
28daunt — [dɔ:nt] verb make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive. Derivatives daunting adjective dauntingly adverb Origin ME: from OFr. danter, from L. domitare, frequentative of domare to tame …
29daunt — v. a. Check (by alarm), thwart, deter or stop from one s purpose, frighten off, intimidate, discourage, crush the courage of, dismay, appall, cow, tame, subdue …
30daunt — verb (transitive usually passive) 1 to make someone feel afraid or less confident: He felt utterly daunted by the prospect of moving to another country. 2 nothing daunted formal not at all discouraged: It was steep but, nothing daunted, he… …
