All 7 Uses of
daunt
in
The Horse Whisperer
- It was as though their mere survival in this daunting land were in itself some mighty triumph.†
Chpt 17 *daunting = discouraging or intimidating
- Although the prospect daunted her, she would talk to him.†
Chpt 19daunted = discouraged or intimidated
- Scott was a little daunted by the effect his revelation had produced.†
Chpt 23
- At last she broke away and leaned back from him, breathing hard, as if daunted by her own hunger and where it would surely lead.†
Chpt 27
- Her presence, in the sanctum of this room, thus took on a significance that was both daunting and wondrous.†
Chpt 31daunting = discouraging or intimidating
- But so daunting was Tom's intensity that instead she let him take her daughter from her hands.†
Chpt 33
- For a moment he appeared not to know what to make of the man who stood undaunted before him.†
Chpt 35undaunted = 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.
Definition:
to discourage or intimidate