: tending to overwhelm or intimidate
a daunting task
Examples of daunting in a Sentence
Few things are more daunting than having to speak in front of a large crowd.
Shakespeare's plays can be daunting for a young reader.
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But back home in Minnesota, the challenge was more daunting.
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Her character has tried to keep her family together for several seasons while uplifting the other women in her community, a daunting task.
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The Jenga puzzle of parallels comes to feel a little daunting, and perhaps too cleverly artificial.
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 20 May 2026
Her character has tried to keep her family together for several seasons while uplifting the other women in her community, a daunting task.
—Dominique Fluker, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
The Jenga puzzle of parallels comes to feel a little daunting, and perhaps too cleverly artificial.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 May 2026
The role was physically daunting.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
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“Daunting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daunting. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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daunting
adjective
daunt·ing
ˈdȯnt-iŋ 
: tending to overwhelm or intimidate
a daunting task
dauntingly
adverb
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