İngilizce

daunt

gb/dˈɔnt/ us/dˈɔnt/
C1 İngilizce
Anlamlar
0 anlam
Fiil C1 action
1

make someone feel less confident

To make someone feel worried or not brave enough to do something.

Kullanım kalıbı: [something] daunts [someone] (often: [someone] be daunted by [something])
Sık yapılan hata:
Often used with a person as the object (daunt someone). The passive form is very common: be daunted by something.
Eş anlamlılar
discourage (Focuses on reducing willingness or confidence.) | intimidate (Suggests making someone feel afraid or overawed.) | deter (Emphasizes stopping someone from acting.)
Zıt anlamlılar
encourage (Gives confidence or support to act.) | embolden (Makes someone feel braver and more ready to act.)
Eşdizimler
be daunted by |daunted by the prospect of |not be daunted |slightly daunted |feel daunted |daunt even the most experienced |daunting task |daunting challenge |daunting prospect |daunting amount of work
Konular
emotions |motivation |work_and_study
Örnekler
  • The scale of the project daunted the new team at first.
  • She wasn’t daunted by the criticism and kept applying for jobs.
  • Don’t let the technical terms daunt you—the basics are straightforward.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
  • The test did not daunt him.
  • I was daunted by the amount of homework.
Fiil literary C2 action
2

subdue or cow someone

To make someone submit by making them afraid.

Kullanım kalıbı: [someone] daunts [someone] (with fear or force)
Sık yapılan hata:
This sense is less common in everyday English; it can sound dramatic or literary.
Eş anlamlılar
cow (Very close; strongly suggests frightening into submission.) | subdue (Broader; can involve force as well as fear.)
Zıt anlamlılar
defy (Refuses to submit despite pressure or fear.) | inspire (Raises courage or determination rather than suppressing it.)
Eşdizimler
daunt the enemy |daunt their spirit |daunt a rival |daunt opposition |daunt someone into silence
Konular
conflict |power |emotions
Örnekler
  • The threats were meant to daunt the witnesses into staying quiet.
  • Years of setbacks did not daunt his spirit.
  • They tried to daunt the protesters with heavy policing.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
  • The threats did not daunt her.
Dil bilgisi
Sözlük biçimi
daunt
IPA
GB/dˈɔnt/
US/dˈɔnt/
Heceler ve vurgu
daunt (1 hece)
Stress on 1st syllable (daunt)
Kelime biçimleri
Verb
  • Base: daunt
  • 3rd Person Singular: daunts
  • Present Participle: daunting
  • Past: daunted
Kelime ailesi
Forms
daunts verb daunting verb B2 daunted verb
Related words
dauntingly adverb
Negative and opposite forms
undaunted adjective C1 dauntless adjective
Advanced or less common
dauntlessly adverb dauntlessness noun
İfadeler

nothing daunted

1
/nˈʌθɪŋ dˈɔntɪd/
fixed phrase literary

not discouraged at all

Still confident and continuing, even after a problem.

Örnekler
  • Nothing daunted, she tried again the next day with a better plan.
  • He was rejected twice but, nothing daunted, applied to three more programs.
  • Nothing daunted by the rain, they carried on with the hike.

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