Daunt

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  • transitive verb. To lessen the courage or resolution of; dishearten or intimidate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A fright; a check.
  • To tame.
  • To subdue; conquer; overcome.
  • To subdue the courage of; cause to quail; check by fear of danger; intimidate; discourage.
  • To cast down through fear or apprehension; cow down.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To overcome; to conquer.
  • transitive verb. To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To discourage, intimidate.
  • verb. To overwhelm.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. cause to lose courage
  • Word Usage
    "Other northern employers were shocked that ex-slaves refused to work in conditions that would not daunt a farmer in the North."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    aunt  conte  flaunt  gaunt  haunt  
    Same Context
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    Synonym
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    admonish  alarm  appall  appall  awe  
    verb-form
    daunted  daunting  daunts