daunting

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdɔːntɪŋ(g)

Verb

daunting

1. Present participle of daunt.

Adjective

daunting (comparative more daunting, superlative most daunting)

1. discouraging, inspiring fear
2. overwhelming, intimidatingly impressive

Related terms

• dauntingly
• dauntless

Translations

discouraging, inspiring fear

• Dutch: beangstigend (nl), intimiderend (nl), ontmoedigend (nl)
• Finnish: pelottava (fi)
• French: décourageant (fr), intimidant (fr)

• German: abschreckend (de), beängstigend (de), einschüchternd (de)
• Turkish: göz korkutucu (tr)

overwhelming, intimidatingly impressive

• Dutch: intimiderend (nl), overweldigend (nl), indrukwekkend (nl)
• Finnish: musertava (fi)
• French: colossal (fr), titanesque (fr), monumental (fr)

• German: entmutigend (de)
• Turkish: sindirici (tr), cesaret kırıcı (tr)

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• Slovak: hrozny, strasny