Daunted meaning

Adjective: daunted

Pronunciation: (don-tid)

Daunted meaning: Caused to show discomposure

Synonyms: fazed, bothered

Verb: daunt

Adjective: daunting

Pronunciation: (don-ting)

Daunting meaning: Discouraging somebody through extreme fear

Synonym: intimidating

Adverb: dauntingly

Pronunciation: (dont-ing-lee)

Dauntingly meaning: In a manner that really daunts

Quotations: Charles Dickens – A heart well worth winning, and well won. A heart that, once won, goes through fire and water for the winner, and never changes, and is never daunted.

Christopher Reeve – I refuse to allow a disability to determine how I live my life. I don’t mean to be reckless, but setting a goal that seems a bit daunting actually is very helpful toward recovery.

Gerard Butler – At first it was a bit strange and daunting to have to wear a mask, but afterwards I came to enjoy it. In warm conditions, though, it started to slip off my face. Other times they used this double-sided sticky tape, and I literally couldn’t get it off my face. I would feel like I was ripping my face off and I had a lot of cuts and bruises because of it-huge red marks. People might think it was method acting.

Anne Belec – Each year with the Volvo for life Awards, we seek to not only recognize everyday heroes, but to also inspire others to do good in their communities. Selecting our nine finalists from more than four thousand and three hundred nominations was a daunting task. While their stories are unique, they share a passion for creating change within their communities that will have lasting impacts for generations to come.

Paul Taylor – Data security is a daunting task for any large organization. That is why we’ve included a security awareness campaign in the document to help your organization be aware of the threats to campus security and what can be done to maintain the trust of the attendees and employees within institutes of higher education.

Sample sentences:

1. If you break that down, you can do it. But without significant change in spending, it’s too daunting.
2. Obviously, it’s a daunting challenge to go against any team that’s had such a monopoly on national championships. It’s enough to get anyone’s notice.
3. The task of migrating to blades is daunting to many of them because they have limited IT resources.
4. Anyone that was there would say we gave them a run for their money. We’re not daunted at all.
5. The legacy carriers are dinosaurs. The investment that has to be made in people and equipment and the requirement that you keep these things full and moving all the time, it’s a daunting task.
6. No contact with savage Indian tribes has ever daunted me more than the morning I spent with an old lady swathed in woollies who compared herself to a rotten herring encased in a block of ice.
7. There were a few stages in the match when the atmosphere was a little bit daunting, but I was able to knuckle down and finish well which was really pleasing.
8. I don’t think it’s any more daunting than some of the challenges we have faced up to this point. We have seen some awfully good pitching.
9. It remains a daunting challenge to unseat the incumbents. It’s challenging to make any kind of prediction at this point.
10. This many candidates can be daunting to voters. This forum allows the citizens to get to know more about the candidates. Plus, it gives the voters a chance to understand the important topics of our area.
11. What’s happening is not so much that more people are leaving but that fewer people are coming. Our housing prices are pretty daunting, even more so than two years ago.
12. It was quite exciting, but I was a bit daunted.
13. We have so much work to get done before we open that it can be daunting to the staff.
14. Accomplishing such a daunting task much earlier than originally scheduled demonstrates the fighting spirit of our work force.
15. The way our league has been all year it would be a daunting challenge for anyone to win four games in four days. It’s a daunting challenge to win three in a row in this conference the way things have gone this season.