(v. t.) To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
Example Sentences:
(1) But to endure a cut of £100m just after becoming the mayor and a further £23m this year has been daunting.
(2) Despite campaign pledges from both leading parties that, if elected, they will try to cushion the blow, the measures add amount to a daunting legislative programme from which Greece’s new prime minister – whatever his name – will find it difficult, if not impossible, to deviate.
(3) They rightly perceive that there is a better chance that retailers can get it to them there.” James Daunt, chief executive of the bookstore chain Waterstones , said its online deliveries were being delayed by “one or two days” as a result of problems at its courier service, Yodel, which has been overwhelmed with demand from the retailers it serves.
(4) It's daunting, but St Louis have the bats and thus the best chance of any team in the NL to wipe out LA, who, despite losing Matt Kemp for the season, can hit a little bit as well.
(5) "In the past that kind of thing has been quite daunting.
(6) With pressure mounting in the US for the launch of a full-blooded inquiry into News Corporation under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the daunting consequences of such a move are becoming evident.
(7) Here's a summary of where things stand: • A Senate hearing on the crisis of child immigration to the United States laid bare a daunting tangle of overlapping bureaucracies charged with handling each child's case.
(8) Resembling a billhook, with Foule Crag its wickedly curved tip, this final flourish looks daunting but can be skirted to one side, up awkward slabs.
(9) After a successful convention they came back thrilled by the speeches and daunted by the prospects .
(10) It is very important now to continue that good vibe.” Spurs have already played the four clubs ahead of them in the table, as well as the four directly below, and now embark on a sequence of fixtures that, on paper at least, would appear to be less daunting.
(11) It is a story that is rarely told in large part because of the technical difficulties — the physics and maths underlying the technique can appear daunting.
(12) The planning, establishment, financing and general organization of a Diabetic Screening Service within a District Health Authority can be a daunting task if not handled correctly.
(13) There is, however, no mention of the service for which the co-operative has now become famous – as the alleged headquarters of a mafia-style criminal gang that through a network of links with politicians and businessmen appears to hold a daunting influence over the Italian capital.
(14) Hurley stated, "Protracted fever of obscure cause remains one of the more daunting clinical challenges facing the physician.
(15) Roy Hodgson oversaw England's return to the top of Group H but still left the national stadium frustrated after admitting a comfortable victory had been "overshadowed" by a harsh booking for Danny Welbeck that will rule him out of Tuesday's daunting game in Ukraine.
(16) Meanwhile for victims and defendants, the court process is slow, inefficient and daunting .
(17) Keith Forsyth had trouble picking the lock, which was daunting.
(18) That may well be a tongue-in-cheek comment, but Musk's determination to tackle daunting technological challenges is undoubted.
(19) "At the moment things look daunting, but everyone said that the opening up of television in America to cable would result in a race to the lowest common denominator and just look at the list of wonderful programmes that has brought us.
(20) It’s a big ask.” West Brom, who remain seven points above the bottom three but face a daunting set of fixtures that includes the top three and Liverpool, had designated this fixture Jeff Astle Day, in memory of the striker who died from chronic traumatic encephalopathy in 2002.
Dauntless
Definition:
(a.) Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid.
Example Sentences:
(1) Argentina has complained to the UN of the UK's "militarisation" of the south Atlantic following news of the six-month deployment of Dauntless, which the Ministry of Defence has said is on routine mission taking over patrols from the frigate HMS Montrose.
(2) Larklight by Philip Reeve An imaginative tour de force, this rousing tale of dauntless pluck in the farthest reaches of space presents an alternative reality where Sir Isaac Newton's great discoveries have made the conquest of space possible.
(3) Well,” Davis ploughs on, dauntless, “you’ll be pleased to hear he’s retiring, then.” “She is no way going down as a Labour voter,” Davis says, as she heads to the next name on her list.
(4) It was the dauntless action of millions of ordinary people in the streets, day after day, which broke the regime and brought the Berlin Wall down.
(5) The MoD says a British destroyer, HMS Dauntless, has joined a US aircraft carrier group, and a frigate, HMS Kent, is escorting the French aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, in the Gulf.
(6) Walter Mitty's inner Walter Mitty is never rattled, however tight the corner; his peers marvel at his dauntless courage and are left breathless by the almost superhuman range of talents that real life never allows him to demonstrate.
(7) The commemorations took place as it was confirmed HMS Dauntless, one of the Royal Navy's newest and most powerful destroyers, will set sail from Portsmouth to the Falkland Islands on Wednesday, a day before the 30th anniversary of the taskforce's departure.
(8) She calls herself “feisty”, and her self-belief seems dauntless, but a story she tells about failing her 11-plus makes me wonder.
(9) Destroyer HMS Dauntless will set sail from Portsmouth for the Falklands in what the the Ministry of Defence says is a "pre-planned and routine" six-month deployment in the South Atlantic.
(10) It relates to his dauntless quest to get a friend and erstwhile media ally a nice little quango job.