daunt

CEFRB2

/dɔːnt/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To make someone feel worried or less confident.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    A surname from Middle English.

Examples

  • I won't let any personal defeat daunt me.

  • The prospect was almost enough to daunt her.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To overwhelm.

  2. To discourage, intimidate.

More examples

In context

  • Death I'll meet, my soul no terrors daunting, Take the life for which thy heart is panting, Spare not thou, though he spare, his life granting, Or let death end us both at a blow.

  • [The English] valiantly, and with the ſlaughter of many, put backe the enemy: which was ſo farre from daunting the Normans, that by it they were more whetted to re-enforce themſelues vpon them[…]

  • No, I shall not disgrace the Cause, I shall not grieve my comrades by weak surrender! I will fight and struggle, and not be daunted by threat or torture.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, donter (“to tame”), from Latin domitō (“tame”, verb), frequentative of Latin domō (“tame, conquer”, verb), from Proto-Italic *domaō, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”). Doublet of dompt.