daunts
Makes one hesitate
Daunts is the third-person singular form of daunt, meaning to intimidate or discourage someone by making a task or situation seem overwhelming or frightening.
What daunts a person diminishes their courage or confidence.
The sheer volume of reading daunts most first-year law students.
Something described as daunting presents a formidable challenge.
The related adjective undaunted describes someone who remains resolute despite obstacles that might daunt others.
Prevent through intimidation
- disheartenCause to lose hope
- demoralizeDestroy confidence or resolve
- dissuadeConvince not to
- dispiritCause to lose hope
disincline · deject · undermine · sap · disenchant · dampen · put off · shake
Intense anticipatory fear
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- frightSudden intense fear
terror · alarm · unease · jitters · timidity · foreboding · nervousness · quail
Inspiring fear or unease
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
- unnervingCausing loss of composure
formidable · imposing · overpowering · coerce · browbeat · bully · cow · domineer
Intensely excessive in force
- insurmountableImpossible to overcome
- staggeringShockingly impressive or unsteady
- monumentalExceptionally large or significant
- impossibleIncapable of occurring
inundated · swamped · overpowered · overcome · besieged · burdened · overloaded · overburdened
deter
Prevent through intimidation
- disheartenCause to lose hope
- demoralizeDestroy confidence or resolve
- dissuadeConvince not to
dispirit · disincline · deject · undermine · sap · disenchant · dampen · put off · shake · rattle
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
fright · terror · alarm · unease · jitters · timidity · foreboding · nervousness · quail · shrink
intimidating
Inspiring fear or unease
- menacingConveying threat or danger
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- overbearingArrogantly dominating in manner
unnerving · formidable · imposing · overpowering · coerce · browbeat · bully · cow · domineer · pressure
overwhelming
Intensely excessive in force
- insurmountableImpossible to overcome
- staggeringShockingly impressive or unsteady
- monumentalExceptionally large or significant
impossible · inundated · swamped · overpowered · overcome · besieged · burdened · overloaded · overburdened · dizzying