Sekirov Dictionary

daunting

/ˈdɔːntɪŋ/

adjective 3
noun 3
forms 3

adjective3

•
Discouraging; inspiring fear.
- Deathes daunting dart where so his buffet lights, / Shall shape no change within my friendly corse: / But dead or liue, in heauen, in earth, in hell, / I wilbe thine where so my carkase dwell. — 1530
•
Appearing to be difficult; challenging.
- It was a daunting task, but it was accomplished with some forward planning.
Intimidatingly impressive; awe-inspiring, overwhelming.

noun3

•
The act of discouraging or intimidating; discouragement, intimidation.
- But stigmatise it as we please there never was a great man without a strong will, and an infusion of self-reliance sufficient to raise him above the dauntings of opposition and reliance on props. — 1849
gerund of daunt.
•
The act of defeating, overcoming, or overwhelming.
- Then came in two by two, other Troopes, whose onsets, and ouer-throwes, honours, and disgraces, darings, and dauntings, merit an ample Chronicle, rather than an Abstract; [...] — 1613

forms

dauntings · more daunting · most daunting

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