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Synonyms for daunting
daunt·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
daunting, intimidatingadjective
discouraging through fear
Synonyms:
intimidatingAntonyms:
encouraging
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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
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1133 | huge | |
#1928 | difficult | |
#6716 | impressive | |
#6722 | challenging | |
#6918 | terrible | |
#8121 | enormous | |
#8774 | tremendous | |
#11452 | overwhelming | |
#14856 | grim | |
#15772 | disappointing | |
#15908 | immense | |
#16667 | gigantic | |
#20756 | frightening | |
#22561 | formidable | |
#22594 | daunting | |
#23888 | monumental | |
#25388 | terrifying | |
#27383 | colossal | |
#27446 | dreaded | |
#28829 | intimidating | |
#29891 | appalling | |
#36836 | discouraging | |
#40798 | arduous | |
#51141 | insurmountable | |
#51495 | fearsome | |
#76343 | disheartening | |
#151453 | redoubtable |
How to use daunting in a sentence?
It is encouraging that China's forests have been recovering in the midst of its daunting environmental challenges.
We live in a world of boundless possibility, but we also face daunting challenges, even to our very survival, i believe that during times of stress, confusion, and insecurity, we should share sources that offer comfort, purpose, and meaning. Bach does that. When his music touches us, it reconnects us to our common humanity.
We were trying to show that even though being in hospital can be a daunting experience and you see us running around the wards, we actually do care. ... This diagnosis does not mean you lose your feminist spirit, even though it feels like it.
Ron has been invaluable to me over the many years that we have worked together, including as we rescued the American economy from one of the worst downturns in our history in 2009 and later overcame a daunting public health emergency in 2014.
The great gas resources for Australia are in the west, and if you fit that jigsaw back, you get more of a picture of how those gas resources were created. it's more daunting than looking on Mars because there's no light.
Translations for daunting
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- شاقةArabic
- skličující, ohromující, odrazující, znepokojivý, znepokojujícíCzech
- beängstigend, einschüchternd, abschreckend, entmutigendGerman
- αποθαρρυντικήGreek
- desalentadorSpanish
- دلهره آورPersian
- pelottava, musertavaFinnish
- titanesque, colossal, intimidant, monumental, décourageantFrench
- चुनौतीपूर्णHindi
- menakutkanIndonesian
- scoraggianteItalian
- מרתיעHebrew
- 気高くJapanese
- ontmoedigend, overweldigend, indrukwekkend, beangstigend, intimiderendDutch
- skremmendeNorwegian
- trudnePolish
- assustadoraPortuguese
- пугающимRussian
- strahotnoSerbo-Croatian
- överväldigandeSwedish
- கடினமானTamil
- göz korkutucu, cesaret kırıcı, sindiriciTurkish
- 艱鉅Chinese
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