daunt

English

Etymology

From Middle English daunten (also, to tame), from Old French danter, from Latin domitō (“I tame”), frequentative of domō (“I tame, conquer”), from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɔːnt/
(some accents) IPA^(key): /dɑːnt/
(US) IPA^(key): /dɔnt/
(cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /dɑnt/
Rhymes: -ɔːnt, -ɑːnt

Verb

daunt (third-person singular simple present daunts, present participle daunting, simple past and past participle daunted)

to discourage, intimidate
to overwhelm

Derived terms

Translations

to discourage

Bulgarian: сплашвам (bg) (splašvam)
Czech: odradit (cs) pf, zastrašit pf
Dutch: afschrikken (nl), ontmoedigen (nl)
Finnish: pelottaa (fi)
French: décourager (fr), intimider (fr), démonter (fr)

German: abschrecken (de), entmutigen (de), einschüchtern (de)
Italian: scoraggiare (it), intimidire (it)
Portuguese: desencorajar (pt), desaconselhar (pt)
Spanish: descorazonar (es), intimidar (es)
Swedish: avskräcka (sv)

to overwhelm

Bulgarian: обезкуражавам (bg) (obezkuražavam)
Czech: přemoci pf
Dutch: overweldigen (nl)

Finnish: musertaa
German: überwältigen (de)
Spanish: agobiar (es)

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Translations to be checked

German: ^{(please verify)} einschüchtern, ^{(please verify)} entmutigen

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