单词 | daunting |
释义 | dauntingn. The action of daunt v.; vanquishing; taming; caressing; discouragement, intimidation. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > [noun] dauntingc1400 coying1580 ingling1610 lovering1848 canoodling1859 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > [noun] > taming or training makinga1393 dauntingc1400 educationa1538 cicuration1623 training1677 mitigation1737 domestication1774 domiciliation1775 the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [noun] > instance or action of intimidating or bullying daunta1400 dauntingc1400 fear1426 discomfort1512 discouraging1578 appalement1579 browbeating1581 appall1598 huffing1600 appaling1603 appalment1611 disheartening1619 intimidation1658 hectorism1672 bullying1680 bullocking1715 huff1773 bullyism1821 disheartenment1830 table-thumping1839 bulldozing1876 the mind > emotion > fear > dismay > [noun] > consternation enbaissingc1374 astonying1580 daunting1581 amazedness1587 amazement1590 astonishment1593 consternation1611 c1400 Rom. Rose 4032 Man may for no dauntyng Make a sperhauke of a bosarde. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 115 Dawntynge, or grete chersynge, focio. 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xli. 237 It is a great daunting to the best able man. 1654 E. Johnson Hist. New-Eng. 117 To the danting of every proud heart. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019). dauntingadj. That daunts: intimidating, etc.; see the verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [adjective] dauntinga1400 dismayfulc1595 huffing1602 dismaying1653 disheartening1654 disanimating1659 hectoring1664 bullying1681 bullocking1715 intimidatinga1812 browbeating1816 appalling1817 cowing1843 intimidatorya1846 dompting1912 fuck-off1962 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 21343 Leon dantand harsk and herd. c1592 Faire Em sig. E1v As for his menacing and daunting threats. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra iii. xv. 210 A daunting and commanding Authority over the Consciences of Men. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 86 Open the daunting map beneath. Derivatives ˈdauntingly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [adverb] dismayingly1731 dishearteningly1742 dauntingly1788 hectoringly1913 1788 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum II. 117 Sae dauntingly gae'd he. ˈdauntingness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [noun] dauntingness1613 badassery1992 1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. 4 As one who well knew..how the first euents are those which incusse a daungtingnesse or daring. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.c1400adj.a1400 |
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