All 4 Uses of
daunt
in
The Red Badge of Courage
- The young girl, with pink cheeks and shining eyes, stood like a dauntless statue.
Chpt 2 *dauntless = never discouraged or intimidatedstandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in dauntless means without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearless, homeless, and endless.
- They were like beautiful birds strangely undaunted in a storm.†
Chpt 5
- The guns, stolid and undaunted, spoke with dogged valor.†
Chpt 6
- The lieutenant, who had listened with an air of impotent rage to the interview, spoke suddenly in firm and undaunted tones.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(daunt) to discourage or intimidate