daunt
/dɔːnt
/verb [with object]
Make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive: some people are daunted by technology...
- Most of my travels having been to hot places, I was daunted at the prospect of such cold - but the invitation was irresistible.
- The prospect of transplant surgery does not daunt her.
- Even the prospect of getting down to taxing schoolwork did not daunt Amy.
Synonyms
intimidate, abash, take aback, shake, ruffle, throw, demoralize, discourage;
deter, put off, dishearten, dispirit, deject, sap, cow, overawe, awe, frighten, scare, alarm, unman, dismay, distress, disconcert, discompose, perturb, upset, discomfit, unsettle, unnerve, disquiet, subdue;
throw off balance, put someone off their stroke, cause someone to lose their composure, confound, panic, stupefy, stun
informal rattle, faze, put into a flap, throw into a tizz, discombobulate, shake up, psych
British informal put the wind up
Phrases
nothing daunted
Origin
Middle English: from Old French danter, from Latin domitare, frequentative of domare 'to tame'.
Rhymes
- thermionic valve
- thermistor
- thermit
- thermite
- thermo-
- thermoacidophile
- thermobaric
- thermochemical
- thermochemistry
- thermochromic
- thermocline
- thermocouple
- thermodynamic
- thermodynamical
- thermodynamically
- thermodynamicist
- thermodynamics
- thermo-elastic
- thermoelectric
- thermoelectrically
- thermoelectricity
- thermoformer
- thermoforming
- thermogenesis
- thermogenic