Synonyms for daunt
All synonyms
Verb
1. Cow
cow, dismay, scare, intimidate, appal UK, appall US, abash, alarm, bully, awe, discourage, scare off, scare away, dash, frighten, terrify, demoralize UK US, demoralise UK, dishearten, dispirit, pall, deter, fright, horrify
Definitions
- v. 1
To discourage, intimidate.
Forms
- Past participle
- daunted
e.g. daunted → cowed, dismayed, scared, intimidated…
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To browbeat or cow is to bring into a state of submissive fear; to daunt is to give pause or check to a violent, threatening, or even a brave spirit.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- cow Tom was the one who taught Mary how to milk a cow.
- scare Don't worry, we're just going to give him a scare.
- intimidate They tried to intimidate Muslim students on the campus.
- dismay To my dismay, he was caught cheating in the examination.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| daunt | steady | |
| cow | steady | |
| scare | rising | |
| intimidate | rising | |
| dismay | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- cow1, awe1
- 4 letters
- dash1, pall1
- 5 letters
- alarm2, scare1, bully2, deter2, appal, abash2, dompt
- 6 letters
- dismay2, fright1, appall2
- 7 letters
- terrify3, horrify3
- 8 letters
- frighten2, dispirit
- 10 letters
- discourage3, intimidate4, demoralize4, demoralise, dishearten
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (alarm2 = 2 syllables).