daunt
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daunt¹
- /dɔːnt/ UK
- /dɔnt/ US
- /dɑnt/ cot caught merger
Rhymes with -ɔːnt
Where it comes from
From Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, donter (“to tame”), from Latin domitō (“tame”, verb), frequentative of Latin domō (“tame, conquer”, verb), from Proto-Italic *domaō, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to domesticate, tame”). Doublet of dompt.
verb daunts · daunting · daunted
- To discourage, intimidate. [The English] valiantly, and with the ſlaughter of many, put backe the enemy: which was ſo farre from daunting the Normans, that by it they were more whetted to re-enforce themſelues vpon them[…]
- To overwhelm.
Daunt²
Where it comes from
From Middle English daunten (“to subdue, intimidate”).
proper noun Daunts · Taunt
- A surname from Middle English.
Translations
Every language
verb to discourage
| Español | descorazonar, intimidar, amedrentar, amilanar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 使氣餒 /使气馁 shǐqìněi, 使畏縮 /使畏缩 shǐwèisuō |
| Português | desencorajar, desaconselhar |
| Français | décourager, intimider, démonter |
| Deutsch | abschrecken, entmutigen, einschüchtern |
| Italiano | scoraggiare, intimidire |
| Русский | устраша́ть ustrašátʹ, устраши́ть ustrašítʹ, пуга́ть pugátʹ, испуга́ть ispugátʹ, запу́гивать zapúgivatʹ, запуга́ть zapugátʹ |
verb to overwhelm
| Español | agobiar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | überwältigen |
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