Daunting

//ˈdɔːntɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Discouraging; inspiring fear.

    "Deathes daunting dart where so his buffet lights, / Shall shape no change within my friendly corse: / But dead or liue, in heauen, in earth, in hell, / I wilbe thine where so my carkase dwell."

  2. 2
    Intimidatingly impressive; awe-inspiring, overwhelming.

    "[W]iſdome, much more all the excellencies of this Spirit) makes a mans face to ſhine; as the light of a Lanterne puts a luſtre upon the Lanterne, ſo the brightneſſe of theſe ſpirits puts a luſtre upon the men in whom they are. Men of ſuch ſpirts^([sic – meaning ſpirits]) as theſe are, have a daunting preſence in the eyes of thoſe who behold them."

  3. 3
    Appearing to be difficult; challenging.

    "It was a daunting task, but it was accomplished with some forward planning."

Adjective
  1. 1
    discouraging through fear wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    gerund of daunt.; The act of discouraging or intimidating; discouragement, intimidation.

    "Face to face with the true mountains, / I stood silently and still; / Drawing strength for fancy's dauntings, / From the air about the hill, / And from Nature's open mercies, and most debonaire goodwill."

  2. 2
    gerund of daunt.; The act of defeating, overcoming, or overwhelming.

    "Then came in two by two, other Troopes, whoſe onſets, and ouer-throwes, honours, and diſgraces, darings, and dauntings, merit an ample Chronicle, rather than an Abſtract; [...]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of daunt form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From daunt + -ing.

Etymology 2

From daunt + -ing.

Etymology 3

From daunt + -ing.

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