daunt
Collocations
4ADJ.
enough, personal
VERB + DAUNT
defeat
PREP.
'as, in
ADV.
almost
Definitions
verb
To discourage, intimidate.
[The English] valiantly, and with the ſlaughter of many, put backe the enemy: which was ſo farre from daunting the Normans, that by it they were more whetted to re-enforce themſelues vpon them[…]
Death I'll meet, my soul no terrors daunting, Take the life for which thy heart is panting, Spare not thou, though he spare, his life granting, Or let death end us both at a blow.
To overwhelm.
name
A surname from Middle English.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6[The English] valiantly, and with the ſlaughter of many, put backe the enemy: which was ſo farre from daunting the Normans, that by it they were more whetted to re-enforce themſelues vpon them[…]
WiktionaryDeath I'll meet, my soul no terrors daunting, Take the life for which thy heart is panting, Spare not thou, though he spare, his life granting, Or let death end us both at a blow.
WiktionaryNo, I shall not disgrace the Cause, I shall not grieve my comrades by weak surrender! I will fight and struggle, and not be daunted by threat or torture.
Wiktionary'As oft, to daunt them, in the act to fly, / storms lashed the deep, and Southern gales withstand.'
Tatoeba · #6811403The prospect was almost enough to daunt her.
Tatoeba · #12426373I won't let any personal defeat daunt me.
Tatoeba · #12973194