Synonyms for daunting
daunt·ing

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1. daunting, intimidatingadjective

   discouraging through fear

   Synonyms:
   intimidating

   Antonyms:
   encouraging

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1. List of paraphrases for "daunting":

   formidable, intimidating, arduous, enormous, overwhelming, discouraging, fearsome, huge, tremendous, redoubtable, difficult, frightening, terrible, disheartening, immense, dreaded, grim, monumental, impressive, colossal, gigantic, appalling, terrifying, disappointing, challenging, insurmountable

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1. Dustin Diamond:

   It’s pretty daunting, it’s pretty scary going into that environment. I found that as long as you follow the rules and stay with the system, it works. You can get in and out unscathed.

2. Martin Appleton-Clare:

   I saw the pies when I came in and it was a little bit daunting, but we got into the nitty gritty, second time champion, I'm happy with the performance.

3. Martin McTague:

   It's really daunting for a lot of businesses, especially the ones who came through Covid in a weakened state, they're now struggling to deal with another once-in-a-lifetime catastrophe.

4. Melissa Cobb:

   I grew up reading Dahl stories and lived large parts of my young life in those magical worlds, so finding just the right creative partner to bring Willy Wonka, Charlie and the Oompa-Loompas to life in animation was a daunting task... until Taika Waititi walked into the room, then it was really obvious. If Dahl had created a character of a filmmaker to adapt his work, I'm pretty sure he would have created Taika Waititi.

5. John Bodenhamer:

   We're trying to get our head around all of that. It's pretty daunting but we've started.