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  • present participle of daunt.
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daunting







ADJECTIVE
frightening
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But getting a large segment of Meta’s 3.6 billion users to sign up seems daunting.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Writing a will can seem daunting and expensive.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

While it may sound daunting to go over all of this again years later, Ringbauer says it’s a responsible way for the couple to “make sure we are on the right footing together.”

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

Survivors were also faced with the daunting prospect of rebuilding their lives from nothing.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

But the more letters you wrote to me, and the more of yourself you gave, the more daunting my task became.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer




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