daunting Definition

daunt
verb

daunted, daunting
1. To frighten, worry or discourage someone.

Thesaurus: scare, frighten, intimidate, cow, terrify, unnerve, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, deter, dismay, dispirit; Antonym: encourage, hearten.

Derivative: daunting
adj

Intimidating; discouraging.

Derivative: dauntingly
adverb

Derivative: dauntless
adj

Fearless; not easily discouraged.
Thesaurus: courageous, fearless, brave, bold, gallant, heroic, resolute, intrepid, valiant, lion-hearted, stout-hearted, indomitable.

Derivative: dauntlessly
adverb

Derivative: dauntlessness
noun

Idiom: nothing daunted

Not at all discouraged or less enthusiastic.

Etymology: 14c: from French danter.