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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