: tending to overwhelm or intimidate
a daunting task
Examples of daunting in a Sentence
Few things are more daunting than having to speak in front of a large crowd.
Shakespeare's plays can be daunting for a young reader.
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In essence, that’s the most daunting dilemma of our times in college sports: how to construct rosters amid the relentless flux of the NIL/transfer portal/payday era.
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Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2025
News filtered through of Vinicius Junior missing a penalty, but with no further goal flashes, the conversations about who was most wanted in the next round boiled down to Real bringing the glamour Arsenal have so missed, but Atletico maybe providing a less daunting path to the next round.
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Another daunting risk: Lending is capital-intensive, but the supply of capital can be unpredictable.
—Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
On top of that, the pressure to fully relay her life’s story was daunting.
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Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2025
News filtered through of Vinicius Junior missing a penalty, but with no further goal flashes, the conversations about who was most wanted in the next round boiled down to Real bringing the glamour Arsenal have so missed, but Atletico maybe providing a less daunting path to the next round.
—Amy Lawrence, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
Another daunting risk: Lending is capital-intensive, but the supply of capital can be unpredictable.
—Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
On top of that, the pressure to fully relay her life’s story was daunting.
—Breanna Mona, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Daunting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daunting. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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daunting
adjective
daunt·ing
ˈdȯnt-iŋ 
: tending to overwhelm or intimidate
a daunting task
dauntingly
adverb
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