All 5 Uses of
daunt
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "If I had had the honor of seeing you for the third or fourth time, count, instead of only for the second," said Madame de Villefort; "if I had had the honor of being your friend, instead of only having the happiness of being under an obligation to you, I should insist on detaining you to dinner, and not allow myself to be daunted by a first refusal."†
Chpt 51-52daunted = discouraged or intimidated
- The general, again daunted by the superiority of the chief, hesitated a moment; then advancing to the president's desk,—"What is the form, said he.†
Chpt 75-76
- [*] But I, being only a little child, was terrified by this undaunted courage, which appeared to me both ferocious and senseless, and I recoiled with horror from the idea of the frightful death amidst fire and flames which probably awaited us†
Chpt 77-78undaunted = 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.
- The lion was daunted; the avenger was conquered.†
Chpt 89-90 *daunted = discouraged or intimidated
- Under the fixed and inquiring gaze levelled at him from under those beautiful black eyebrows, he prudently turned away, and calmed himself immediately, daunted by the power of a resolute mind.†
Chpt 95-96
Definition:
to discourage or intimidate