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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as in discouraging
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Recent Examples of daunting
Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
For a short time, the daunting task seemed manageable, even with no timeouts.
—Chase Gemes, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
Personal finance can be daunting.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Recognizing the daunting task ahead, Gandbhir brought in her own editor, Viridiana Lieberman.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
For a short time, the daunting task seemed manageable, even with no timeouts.
—Chase Gemes, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
And Thanksgiving is no different, although picking the right potluck dish for the biggest food holiday of the year can be daunting.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
Personal finance can be daunting.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daunting
Verb
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The opposing view is that discouraging tourists could hurt local economies that rely on them.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Oct. 2025
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Trump is attacking immigration at both ends of spectrum, deporting low-wage laborers and discouraging skilled foreigners from bringing their talents to the United States.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In 1917, the Titles Deprivation Act was passed to deal with troublesome royal cousins who sided with Germany in the First World War.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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Palmer has been the difference-maker since joining from Manchester City in 2023 but is currently sidelined with a troublesome groin injury that is expected to keep him out for another five weeks.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 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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The findings are deeply disconcerting.—
Stephanie Silverman,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 2025
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And things grow even more disconcerting when Miss Giddens begins seeing things and hearing voices.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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At the end of the day, the result was a bit disheartening.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
14 Sep. 2025
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Seeing that textbook go to waste felt very disheartening.—
Sami Khan,
Mercury News,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The rookie’s miscue sent the Giants to one of the most dispiriting losses of the tenure of Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 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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The work—in a way, a series of encounters with random elements of one-click consumerism, including coloring books and marketing guides for dentists—is tedious, repetitive, and demoralizing.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
22 Oct. 2025
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The loss was more demoralizing than being held to just 11 rushing yards.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In at least two of the incidents, Spors exhibited troubling behaviors indicative of an ongoing mental health crisis and was once taken to a hospital but discharged, records show.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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From an early age, DeSalvo exhibited troubling behavior.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Daunting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daunting. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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