About The Word Daunt
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Daunt
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What's The Definition Of Daunt?
[v] cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Daunt: dash | frighten away | frighten off | pall | scare | scare away | scare off Related Terms | Find terms related to Daunt: 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 | dispirit | dissuade | domineer | domineer over | enslave | expostulate | faze | foil | frighten | frighten off | frustrate | grind | grind down | henpeck | horrify | intimidate | keep down | keep under | kid out of | lord it over | oppress | overawe | overbear | overmaster | override | press heavy on | put off | remonstrate | repress | ride over | ride roughshod over | scare | shake | stop | subjugate | suppress | talk out of | terrify | terrorize | threaten | thwart | trample down | trample upon | tread down | tread upon | tyrannize | tyrannize over | unman | unnerve | unpersuade | upset | walk all over | walk over | warn | weigh heavy on See Also | intimidate | restrain Daunt In Webster's Dictionary \Daunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Daunted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Daunting}.] [OF. danter, F. dompter to tame, subdue, fr. L.
domitare, v. intens. of domare to tame. See {Tame}.]
1. To overcome; to conquer. [Obs.]
2. To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of
danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
Some presences daunt and discourage us. --Glanvill.
Syn: To dismay; appall. See {Dismay}.
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