daunting

English

Etymology

daunt +‎ -ing

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɔːntɪŋ/

Adjective

daunting (comparative more daunting, superlative most daunting)

  1. Discouraging, inspiring fear.
    Synonyms: discouraging, disconcerting, frightening, formidable, unnerving, unsettling, dismaying
  2. Overwhelming, intimidatingly impressive.
    Synonyms: intimidating, overwhelming
    • 1915, Edgar Jepson, chapter 9, in Happy Pollyooly: The Rich Little Poor Girl:
      She reached it soon after half-past two. She found its gloomy nineteenth-century façade, black with the smuts of ninety years, a little daunting, and mounted its broad steps in some trepidation. But she rang the bell hard and knocked firmly.
  3. Appearing to be difficult.
    Synonyms: challenging, intimidating
    It was a daunting task, but it was accomplished with some forward planning.

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Verb

daunting

  1. present participle of daunt
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