: tending to overwhelm or intimidate
a daunting task
Examples of daunting in a Sentence
Few things are more daunting than having to speak in front of a large crowd.
Shakespeare's plays can be daunting for a young reader.
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Choosing a name for your newborn can be quite a difficult and daunting task.
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Kristina Behr, Parents, 19 June 2024
But the barren state of USC’s roster would make for a particularly daunting start for Musselman and his staff, who essentially had a month to piece together an entirely new team with transfers who entered the portal.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
The task was daunting at first, because the original versions were classics, Johnson said.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2024
Showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss — coming off HBO’s Game of Thrones — teamed with True Blood writer-producer Alexander Woo on the daunting project, which tells the story of humanity’s reaction to a centuries-spanning alien invasion plot.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2024
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Kristina Behr, Parents, 19 June 2024
But the barren state of USC’s roster would make for a particularly daunting start for Musselman and his staff, who essentially had a month to piece together an entirely new team with transfers who entered the portal.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2024
The task was daunting at first, because the original versions were classics, Johnson said.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2024
Showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss — coming off HBO’s Game of Thrones — teamed with True Blood writer-producer Alexander Woo on the daunting project, which tells the story of humanity’s reaction to a centuries-spanning alien invasion plot.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2024
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“Daunting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daunting. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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daunting
adjective
daunt·ing
ˈdȯnt-iŋ 
: tending to overwhelm or intimidate
a daunting task
dauntingly
adverb
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