daunting

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English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔːntɪŋ/

Verb

daunting

1. present participle of daunt

Adjective

daunting (comparative more daunting, superlative most daunting)

1. discouraging, inspiring fear
2. overwhelming, intimidatingly impressive
3. appearing to be difficult

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

Related terms

• dauntingly
• dauntless

Translations

discouraging, inspiring fear

• Czech: skličující, znepokojující, znepokojivý m, odrazující
• Dutch: beangstigend (nl), intimiderend (nl), ontmoedigend (nl)
• Finnish: pelottava (fi)
• French: décourageant (fr), intimidant (fr)
• German: abschreckend (de), beängstigend (de), einschüchternd (de), entmutigend (de)

• Italian: scoraggiante (it), avvilente (it), sconfortante (it), impressionante (it), spaventevole (it)
• Russian: пугающий (ru) (pugajuščij), устраша́ющий (ru) (ustrašájuščij)
• Serbo-Croatian: obeshrabrujuće
• Spanish: inquietante
• Turkish: göz korkutucu

overwhelming, intimidatingly impressive

• Czech: ohromující
• Dutch: intimiderend (nl), overweldigend (nl), indrukwekkend (nl)
• Finnish: musertava
• French: colossal (fr), titanesque (fr), monumental (fr)
• German: entmutigend (de), einschüchternd (de)
• Italian: desolante (it), opprimente (it), devastante (it)

• Russian: обескураживающий (ru) (obeskuraživajuščij), ошеломляющий (ru) (ošelomljajuščij)
• Serbo-Croatian: strahotno (sh), obeshrabrujuće
• Spanish: desolador, desalentador (es)
• Swedish: överväldigande (sv)
• Turkish: sindirici, cesaret kırıcı

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• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} hrozny, ^{(please verify)} strasny