| 1. | to overcome with fear; intimidate: to daunt one's adversaries. |
| 2. | to lessen the courage of; dishearten: Don't be daunted by the amount of work still to be done. |

daunt (dônt, dänt) tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin domitāre, frequentative of domāre, to tame; see demə- in Indo-European roots.] daunt'er n., daunt'ing·ly adv. |