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  • The alchemist was a bit daunting, but, as the boy drank the wine, he relaxed.  (source)
    daunting = intimidating
  • She tried four times to knock on the daunting flesh of the door, but she could not bring herself to do it.  (source)
  • I found it frightening, invigorating, daunting, and exhilarating all at the same time.  (source)
    daunting = discouraging or intimidating
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  • facing peril and death with dauntless heart, going to his doom with a grim smile on his lips.  (source)
    dauntless = a never discouraged
    standard suffix: The suffix "-less" in dauntless means without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearless, homeless, and endless.
  • I am a wild beast, my friend: untamed and undaunted.  (source)
    undaunted = not discouraged or afraid
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in undaunted means not and reverses the meaning of daunted. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
  • The military was dedicated to finding crash and ditching survivors, but in the sprawling Pacific theater, the odds of rescue were extremely daunting.  (source)
    daunting = discouraging
  • An intrepid social reformer will not be daunted by the magnitude of the task he has undertaken.  (source)
    daunted = discouraged or intimidated
  • They had heard enough about Efrafa to daunt the stoutest heart.†  (source)
    daunt = discourage or intimidate
  • Don't be troubled, Meg, poverty seldom daunts a sincere lover.  (source)
    daunts = discourages
  • 'Well, frankly, I don't know how long America is going to last,' he proceeded dauntlessly.†  (source)
    dauntlessly = in a manner not vulnerable to discouragement or intimidation
    standard suffix: The suffix "-lessly" in dauntlessly means in a manner that is without. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmlessly, fearlessly, and remorselessly.
  • He knew all about the details of the house: Pietro Crespi's suicide, Arcadio's arbitrary acts and execution, the dauntlessness of Jose Arcadio Buendia underneath the chestnut tree.†  (source)
    dauntlessness = the trait of never being discouraged or intimidated
    standard suffix: The suffix "-lessness" in dauntlessness means in a state without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearlessness, powerlessness, and harmlessness.
  • The textbooks Mr. Sanchez was piling onto his desk looked dauntingly thick.†  (source)
    dauntingly = creating discouragement or intimidation
  • The young girl, with pink cheeks and shining eyes, stood like a dauntless statue.  (source)
    dauntless = never discouraged or intimidated
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