daunt

Meaning

1. To discourage, intimidate.
2. To overwhelm.

Synonyms

intimidate

frighten

cow

🐮

scare

😨

dash

💨

overawe

dispirit

dismay

dishearten

frighten away

disincline

pall

scare away

discourage

startle

horrify

terrify

frighten off

scare off

fear

😨

affright

alarm

appal

bar

bully

demoralize

discountenance

faze

funk

spook

subdue

swagger

terrorise

terrorize

abash

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɔːnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: daunten

In summary

From Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, donter (“to tame”), from Latin domitō (“tame”, verb), frequentative of Latin domō (“tame, conquer”, verb), from Proto-Italic *domaō, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”). Doublet of dompt.