Daunted

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Daunt \Daunt\ (d[add]nt; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Daunted}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Daunting}.] [OF. danter, F. dompter to tame,
     subdue, fr. L. domitare, v. intens. of domare to tame. See
     {Tame}.]
     1. To overcome; to conquer. [Obs.]
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     2. To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of
        danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
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              Some presences daunt and discourage us. --Glanvill.
  
     Syn: To dismay; appall. See {Dismay}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  daunted
       adj : caused to show discomposure; "refused to be fazed by the
             objections" [syn: {bothered}, {fazed}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "daunted":
     affrighted, afraid, alarmed, chicken, chickenhearted, consternated,
     coward, cowardly, cowed, dismayed, disquieted, fainthearted,
     fearful, frightened, funking, funky, henhearted, in a fright,
     in a funk, intimidated, lily-livered, milk-livered, milksoppish,
     milksoppy, mousy, overtimid, overtimorous, panic-prone, panicky,
     pigeonhearted, rabbity, sissified, sissy, soft, startled, timid,
     timorous, unmanly, unmanned, weak, weak-kneed, weakhearted,
     white-livered, yellow