as in discouraging
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as in frustrating
to lessen the courage or confidence of
the raging inferno didn't daunt the firefighters for a moment
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Recent Examples of daunting
Frederick Dreier, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
This 90-day playbook breaks down the daunting task of AI transformation into four focused sprints.
—Kellie Romack, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
Ohio State hasn't exactly played a daunting schedule.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
Plastic in the ocean, for example, is a very daunting and overwhelming issue that humanity is struggling with.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 29 Oct. 2025
This 90-day playbook breaks down the daunting task of AI transformation into four focused sprints.
—Kellie Romack, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
Selling out a popular venue like The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) on a windy Wednesday night in the middle of a daunting recession ain’t easy.
—Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
Ohio State hasn't exactly played a daunting schedule.
—Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daunting
Adjective
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If the gap between self and fitfluencer seems too wide, comparisons become discouraging, not motivating.—
Abby Frank,
The Conversation,
5 Nov. 2025
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Nothing creates a discouraging organizational structure more than uncertainty.—
Josh Browning,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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There’s nothing more troublesome than a government that finds no problem too small to care about — and governments have a terrible track record for solving large ones.—
Steven Greenhut,
Oc Register,
7 Nov. 2025
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However, replacing 2/3 of your outfield in one offseason can be troublesome at times.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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On top of this dismaying thought comes the realization that the AI is available 24x7 and at a low cost or perhaps even free.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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But the drum sound wasn’t nearly as dismaying as the studio’s piano, which kept slipping out of tune.—
Peter Ames Carlin,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Perhaps as disconcerting as anything is the lack of circumstances that would create such confusion.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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The disconcerting scene offers a glimpse of what actually happened to Will while he was trapped for most of Season 1 and suggests that Will may still be impacted by whatever Vecna put inside him at the beginning of the story.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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For those dealing with the disheartening struggles of infertility, this is good news.—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
29 Oct. 2025
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At the end of the day, the result was a bit disheartening.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Yes, that was a dispiriting afternoon, but most impartial observers would agree Farke’s side were competitive, if blunt at Turf Moor.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Some folks harbor a dispiriting conviction that governments are unable to handle the simplest task.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Despite suffering demoralizing losses in 2024 and grappling with persistently low approval ratings, Democrats have reasons to be optimistic about the 2026 cycle.—
Kevin Breuninger,Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
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The Jays were able to put their demoralizing, 18-inning loss the night before behind them as the bats came back to life.—
Kendall Capps,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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These are troubling developments, but CELAC and EU nations are committed and have the capacity to put things right.—
Gustavo Petro,
Time,
9 Nov. 2025
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Majumdar lavishes her characters with careful attention, and so the reader comes to regard their most troubling actions as justified, if not inevitable.—
Tope Folarin,
The Atlantic,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Daunting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daunting. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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