daunting

IPA: dˈɔntɪŋ

noun

  • gerund of daunt.
  • The act of discouraging or intimidating; discouragement, intimidation.
  • The act of defeating, overcoming, or overwhelming.

adjective

  • Discouraging; inspiring fear.
  • Intimidatingly impressive; awe-inspiring, overwhelming.
  • Appearing to be difficult; challenging.
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Examples of "daunting" in Sentences

  • Siegfried in “Götterdämmerung,” though daunting, is singable.
  • What makes it more daunting is there is a large cast of characters beyond the team of 8, who themselves need to be shown.
  • The vote comes as the new National Intelligence estimate shows Iraq is facing what it calls daunting challenges over the next year and a half.
  • She is described by her lover as ayummah (6: 10); the word daunting conveys the spirit of the Hebrew better than the commonly rendered terrible.
  • That's like a margin of error for TV ratings -- once again demonstrating how much more daunting is the parameter for success in the broadcast TV world.
  • Among the several obstacles to formally integrating community health workers into health care teams, the most daunting is a lack of a mechanism in New York State to reimburse for the services community health workers provide.
  • Objects and images swim around us with ever accelerating speed, and in daunting numbers, so I cannot conceive of the odds against such a chance encounter taking place — unless, of course, our visitor choreographed it for my benefit.

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