All 3 Uses
daunt
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Jane Eyre
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- I had indeed levelled at that prominent feature as hard a blow as my knuckles could inflict; and when I saw that either that or my look daunted him, I had the greatest inclination to follow up my advantage to purpose; but he was already with his mamma.†
p. 33.9 *daunted = discouraged or intimidated
- With St. Paul, I acknowledge myself the chiefest of sinners; but I do not suffer this sense of my personal vileness to daunt me.†
p. 464.8daunt = discourage or intimidate
- No fear of death will darken St. John's last hour: his mind will be unclouded, his heart will be undaunted, his hope will be sure, his faith steadfast.†
p. 521.8undaunted = not discouraged or intimidatedstandard 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.
Definitions:
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(1)
(daunt) to discourage or intimidate
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)