: tending to overwhelm or intimidate
a daunting task
Examples of daunting in a Sentence
Few things are more daunting than having to speak in front of a large crowd.
Shakespeare's plays can be daunting for a young reader.
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Inexperience is a superpower Northeastern University, May 11 The class of 2025 is entering a daunting job market.
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Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 24 May 2025
Scheffler's epic finish, going 5-under over his final five holes, included the daunting 'Green Mile' stretch of 16 through 18.
—Kendall Capps, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Inexperience is a superpower Northeastern University, May 11 The class of 2025 is entering a daunting job market.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Despite the transition from big-reach network TV to cable, TNT doesn’t have a terribly daunting task ahead of it.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 23 May 2025
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“Daunting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/daunting. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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daunting
adjective
daunt·ing
ˈdȯnt-iŋ 
: tending to overwhelm or intimidate
a daunting task
dauntingly
adverb
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