Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to daunt
Participle: daunted
Gerund: daunting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | daunt |
| you | daunt |
| he;she;it | daunts |
| we | daunt |
| you | daunt |
| they | daunt |
Perfect
| I | have daunted |
| you | have daunted |
| he;she;it | has daunted |
| we | have daunted |
| you | have daunted |
| they | have daunted |
Past
| I | daunted |
| you | daunted |
| he;she;it | daunted |
| we | daunted |
| you | daunted |
| they | daunted |
Pluperfect
| I | had daunted |
| you | had daunted |
| he;she;it | had daunted |
| we | had daunted |
| you | had daunted |
| they | had daunted |
Future
| I | will daunt |
| you | will daunt |
| he;she;it | will daunt |
| we | will daunt |
| you | will daunt |
| they | will daunt |
Future Perfect
| I | will have daunted |
| you | will have daunted |
| he;she;it | will have daunted |
| we | will have daunted |
| you | will have daunted |
| they | will have daunted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | daunt |
| you | daunt |
| he;she;it | daunt |
| we | daunt |
| you | daunt |
| they | daunt |
Perfect
| I | have daunted |
| you | have daunted |
| he;she;it | have daunted |
| we | have daunted |
| you | have daunted |
| they | have daunted |
Imperfect
| I | daunted |
| you | daunted |
| he;she;it | daunted |
| we | daunted |
| you | daunted |
| they | daunted |
Pluperfect
| I | had daunted |
| you | had daunted |
| he;she;it | had daunted |
| we | had daunted |
| you | had daunted |
| they | had daunted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would daunt |
| you | would daunt |
| he;she;it | would daunt |
| we | would daunt |
| you | would daunt |
| they | would daunt |
Perfect
| I | would have daunted |
| you | would have daunted |
| he;she;it | would have daunted |
| we | would have daunted |
| you | would have daunted |
| they | would have daunted |
Imperative
| you | daunt |
| we | Let's daunt |
| you | daunt |
Verbs conjugated like 'daunt'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'daunt'
adaunt,
dunt,
haunt,
jaunt,
taunt,
vaunt,
ant,
avaunt,
blunt,
brunt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to fill with fear with intent to deter
- browbeat, bulldoze, bully, cow, dastardize, dishearten, do down, domineer, hector, intimidate, menace, strong-arm
- frighten
- shake, cow, appall, dismay, intimidate, overawe, subdue
- frustrate
- discourage, dishearten, dispirit, thwart
Antonyms
- frighten
- embolden, encourage, hearten, comfort
- frustrate
- facilitate, encourage, stimulate, countenance
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, from O.Fr.
danter, var. of
donter, from L.
domitare, freq. of
domare "to tame" (see tame). Originally "to vanquish;" sense of "to intimidate" is from c.1475.
2. Etymology tree
3. Old French danterbor.
4. Latin domitō
5. Old French donterbor.
6. Middle English daunten
7. English daunt
8. 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. See: Middle English '
daunten', Latin '
domitō', Latin '
domō', Proto-Italic '
*domaō'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] That travelled creation of the great satirist 's brain, who fresh from living among horses, peered from a high casement down upon his own kind with trembling horror, was scarcely more repelled and daunted by the sight, than those who look upon some of these faces for the first time must surely be.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The wagon rolled up a weedy gravel walk, under a noble avenue of China trees, whose graceful forms and ever-springing foliage seemed to be the only things there that neglect could not daunt or alter,—like noble spirits, so deeply rooted in goodness, as to flourish and grow stronger amid discouragement and decay.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)