dauntingadjective
uk/ˈdɔːn.tɪŋ/us/ˈdɑːn.t̬ɪŋ/making you feel slightly frightened or worried about your ability to achieve something:
The country was faced with the daunting prospect of overcoming four decades of division.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Discouraging and putting off
- aversive
- cold
- daunt
- deter
- deterrence
- deterrent
- discouragement
- dishearten
- disincentive
- emasculate
- pour/throw cold water on sth idiom
- put
- put a spoke in sb's wheel idiom
- spoil
- spoil sb's party idiom
- take the wind out of sb's sails idiom
- throw
- throw cold water on sth idiom
- wind 1
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