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Meanings of daunt in English

Portuguese
assustar
Catalan
desanimar
Spanish
asustar

Cause to lose courage.

assustar

To inspire fear or hesitation due to fear.

Usage of daunt in English
1
It did not daunt Alwin; it only helped to warm his blood.
The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days
2
Snow piled up in the streets did not daunt them at all.
The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross / Or, Amateur The...
3
Even the ominous signs of tempest did not daunt the two captains.
Blow The Man Down: A Romance Of The Coast
4
What Wolfe saw and found out was enough to daunt any general.
The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolfe
5
Even the storm at its height could not daunt such furious riders.
Riders of the Silences
6
Nought will daunt those lads till the hangman is at their throats.
The Armourer's Prentices
7
He had expected disasters, and the first one did not daunt him.
The Rainbow Trail
8
Her vast bulk and sheer walls of steel did not daunt them.
The Captain of the Kansas
9
I felt that no amount of slander or disgrace would daunt you.
Baron Trigault's Vengeance
10
The wise he could persuade, and the smaller folk he could daunt.
The two towers
11
He had survived so much that coming dangers could not daunt him.
The Sun of Quebec: A Story of a Great Crisis
12
Such behavior may have perplexed Potts, but daunt him it could not.
The Boss of Little Arcady
13
The water was middling rough that night, but it didn't daunt Anthony.
Our Casualty, and Other Stories / 1918
14
Does the task daunt you? His glance and voice were alike harsh.
The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in...
15
But nothing could daunt the courage or quench the zeal of the missionaries.
The Old Franciscan Missions Of California
16
The task of inducing him to impart it did not daunt Mrs. Porter.
The Coming of Bill
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