daunt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to lose courage
    scare away; scare off; frighten off; dash; pall; scare; frighten away.
    • dashed by the refusal

WordNet

Daunt transitive verb
Etymology
OF. danter, F. dompter to tame, subdue, fr. L. domitare, v. intens. of domare to tame. See Tame.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Daunted; present participle & verbal noun Daunting
Definitions
  1. To overcome; to conquer. Obs.
  2. To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
    Some presences daunt and discourage us. Glanvill.
    Syn. -- To dismay; appall. See Dismay.

Webster 1913