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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Daunt \Daunt\ (d[add]nt; 277), verb (used with an object) [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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
daunted
adjective: caused to show discomposure; "refused to be fazed by the objections" [syn: {bothered}, {fazed}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "daunted": affrighted, afraid, alarmed, chicken, chickenhearted, consternated, coward, cowardly, cowed, dismayed, disquieted, fainthearted, fearful, frightened, funking, funky, henhearted, in a fright, in a funk, intimidated, lily-livered, milk-livered, milksoppish, milksoppy, mousy, overtimid, overtimorous, panic-prone, panicky, pigeonhearted, rabbity, sissified, sissy, soft, startled, timid, timorous, unmanly, unmanned, weak, weak-kneed, weakhearted, white-livered, yellow
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