Cosa (chi) è Daunt - definizione
Daunt
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II. Daunt ·vt To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to Cow; to Intimidate; to Dishearten.
daunt
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[d?:nt]
¦ verb make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive.
Derivatives
daunting adjective
dauntingly adverb
Origin
ME: from OFr. danter, from L. domitare, frequentative of domare 'to tame'.
daunt
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v. a.
Check (by alarm), thwart, deter or stop from one's purpose, frighten off, intimidate, discourage, crush the courage of, dismay, appall, cow, tame, subdue.
Esempi di pronuncia per Daunt
1. But I didn't let that daunt me.
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Esempi dal corpus di testo per Daunt
1. Unfortunately, the vestiges of the past still daunt India.
2. But this doesn‘t daunt Karen Hughes, George Dubya‘s mumsy public–relations guru.
3. Hobgoblin nor foul fiend nor suicide bomber can daunt our spirit.
4. She is wearing a magnificent black evening dress [designed] by [Giorgio] Armani." That did not daunt most other Italian newspapers.
5. Since Kylie is only five feet tall, her paramilitary swaggering fails to daunt the steroid–boosted Belgian.