• (RP) IPA: /ˈdɔːntɪŋ/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈdɔntɪŋ/

daunting

1. discouraging#Adjective|Discouraging; inspiring fear#Noun|fear.

   Synonyms: disconcerting, dismaying, formidable, frightening, unnerving, unsettling

   Antonyms: undaunting

   • 1819, Thomas Hope, chapter VII, in Anastasius: Or, Memoirs of a Greek; […] In Three Volumes, volume III, London: John Murray, […], OCLC 1001811694 ↗, page 187 ↗:

     Abd-ool-Azeez gave the stranger a daunting look, but coolly proceeded.

2. Intimidatingly impressive; awe-inspiring, overwhelming#Adjective|overwhelming.

   Synonyms: intimidating

   Antonyms: undaunting

3. Appearing to be difficult; challenging#Adjective|challenging.

   Synonyms: formidable, intimidating

   Antonyms: undaunting

   It was a daunting task, but it was accomplished with some forward planning.

• daunt
• dauntedly
• daunter
• dauntless

• dauntlessly
• undauntable
• undaunted
• undauntedly
• undauntedness

• French: décourageant, intimidant
• German: abschreckend, beängstigend, einschüchternd, entmutigend
• Italian: avvilente, impressionante, sconfortante, scoraggiante, spaventevole
• Russian: пугающий
• Spanish: inquietante

• French: colossal, monumental, titanesque
• German: einschüchternd, entmutigend
• Italian: desolante, devastante, opprimente
• Russian: обескураживающий
• Spanish: desalentador, desolador

daunting (plural dauntings)

1. gerund of daunt#English|daunt.
   1. The act#Noun|act of discouraging or intimidating; discouragement, intimidation.
      • 1844, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “The Lost Bower”, in Poems. [...] In Two Volumes, volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], OCLC 270767504 ↗, page 114 ↗:

        Face to face with the true mountains, / I stood silently and still; / Drawing strength for fancy's dauntings, / From the air about the hill, / And from Nature's open mercies, and most debonaire goodwill.

   2. The act of defeat#Verb|defeating, overcoming, or overwhelming.

      Synonyms: taming, vanquishing

1. present participle of daunt#English|daunt