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
Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Traveling always offers the possibility of problems, but for those who face the challenges as a wheelchair user, the process could be a bit more daunting.
—debra Pamplin-Todd, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2025
Scott White, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
This means navigating legal, financial, and operational hurdles is daunting without expert guidance.
—Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
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Verb
That, however, does not include the expiring contract of Marcell Ozuna, who has declined slightly this season but is still a daunting bat in the heart of any lineup.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Traveling always offers the possibility of problems, but for those who face the challenges as a wheelchair user, the process could be a bit more daunting.
—debra Pamplin-Todd, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2025
Adjective
For today's high school graduates, the path to true independence can seem daunting.
—Scott White, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
This means navigating legal, financial, and operational hurdles is daunting without expert guidance.
—Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daunting
Verb
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Actions by officials in the two countries are also discouraging Canadian tourists from looking south.—
Skyler Swisher,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Apr. 2025
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Good air circulation will allow leaves and stems to dry out, discouraging disease.—
Beth Botts,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Many troublesome issues that weaken psychological safety stem from character imbalances.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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In the wake of making the troublesome latter album, Osbourne bolted the group in 1977 and embarked on a solo project, Blizzard of Ozz, and was replaced by singer Dave Walker of Savoy Brown.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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Data site Census Reporter whispers a hopeful, yet slightly dismaying, truth: over half of Austinites are unattached.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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And developers who take on the spatial complexities of working with old architecture face a dismaying array of bureaucratic and financial challenges.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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While Mamdani may have intended to express respect to a religious community, his comments signal troubling deference to powerful interests that have long resisted even the most basic educational standards in Hasidic yeshivas.—
Adina Mermelstein Konikoff,
New York Daily News,
22 July 2025
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In a post shared on Facebook by Caribbean Guard, a volunteer lifeguard organization in Costa Rica, the group described attempts made to save the 54-year-old from the troubling waters.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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Saturated reds and yellows can be too energizing, adding an unsettling air to your dinner party and subconsciously encouraging guests to get up and leave.—
Abby Wolner,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 July 2025
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Popping up twice in an hour to the bathroom is bad enough, but it was made worse by the possibility that Thurber, ignorant of anything but the unsettling swish of the door, would address some remark to me in my absence.—
John Updike,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Through it all, the Jurassic Park franchise continued to break new ground, surprising and captivating audiences with fresh, new and unexpected developments in each installment, made all the more vivid, realistic and frightening with the latest in CGI and believable acting.—
Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 July 2025
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Perhaps most frightening of all is the fact that, in rural areas, such calamity occurs before any official help can arrive.—
Jessica Pishko,
New Yorker,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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Mold is far more common and worrisome than many people realize.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
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There still are some worrisome offensive markers, however.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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Now, according to a report in the Financial Times, the U.K. government is seeking ways to avoid a confrontation with the tech companies, through fear of upsetting Donald Trump’s U.S. administration.—
Barry Collins,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Ray as the Fisherman is not a one-to-one comparison — this would be a little more like David Arquette’s Dewey being revealed as Ghostface, a slightly less upsetting development.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
17 July 2025
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“Daunting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daunting. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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