- verb
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- discourage (sb); frighten [Barron]
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- to overcome with fear; intimidate: to daunt one's adversaries
- to lessen the courage of; dishearten: Don't be daunted by the amount of work still to be done.
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- American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language:
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