as in intimidated
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as in discouraged
to lessen the courage or confidence of
the raging inferno didn't daunt the firefighters for a moment
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daunted
Adjective
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Does Jonas feel intimidated to thread those lines between the personal and the fictional so closely?—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
12 Dec. 2024 -
Those staffing the agencies, meanwhile, may prove too intimidated to resist abuse by the White House.—
Robert Mickey,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Apr. 2017
Verb
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For my coverage on the said-to-be discouraged or prohibited uses of generative AI, see the link here.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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His pardoning of Nixon discouraged voter's confidence in him.—
Tabitha Parent,
People.com,
29 Dec. 2024
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Bollards on sidewalks as well as streets could have frustrated the New Orleans attack.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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They were frustrated about high levels of undocumented immigration.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
1 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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And that’s the other important point about 2016, is that immediately a resistance paradigm kicked in among Democrats, among people who were upset and appalled and worried about Trump’s victory.—
Avishay Artsy,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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Citizens tried to derail the plan as well, more appalled by the idea of razing an old cemetery than delighted by the prospects of a new park.—
Christina Ray Stanton,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The videos highlight the collision taking place online between the law, which Congress passed with wide support last year, and everyday users of TikTok, who are dismayed that the app may soon disappear.—
Madison Malone Kircher,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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World & Nation Serbia shocked, dismayed after two mass shootings in two days May 5, 2023 Footage broadcast by Croatian media on Friday showed children running away from the school building and a medical helicopter landing in the schoolyard.—
Darko Bandic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Daunted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daunted. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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