Daunting
adjective
Something that is intimidating or causes fear or apprehension.
Climbing Mount Everest is a daunting task.
Often appears as...
- daunting task
- daunting challenge
adjective
Something that is very difficult to do or deal with.
It's daunting to start a new job in a field where you have no experience.
Often appears as...
- daunting task
- daunting prospect
adjective
Something that is intimidating or causes fear or apprehension.
Climbing Mount Everest is a daunting task.
Often appears as...
- daunting task
- daunting challenge
adjective
Something that is very difficult to do or deal with.
It's daunting to start a new job in a field where you have no experience.
Often appears as...
- daunting task
- daunting prospect
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Experience Based
Used when something seems scary because it's new or unknown.
Visiting a foreign country alone can be daunting.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotion Trigger
Can imply that the challenge could make someone feel unsure or hesitant.
Taking the lead on the project is a daunting responsibility.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Feeling
What's daunting to one person might not be to another; it's subjective.
For some, public speaking is a daunting idea.
Pro Tip 1/3Experience Based
Used when something seems scary because it's new or unknown.
Visiting a foreign country alone can be daunting.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotion Trigger
Can imply that the challenge could make someone feel unsure or hesitant.
Taking the lead on the project is a daunting responsibility.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Feeling
What's daunting to one person might not be to another; it's subjective.
For some, public speaking is a daunting idea.
Pro Tip 1/3Experience Based
Used when something seems scary because it's new or unknown.
Visiting a foreign country alone can be daunting.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotion Trigger
Can imply that the challenge could make someone feel unsure or hesitant.
Taking the lead on the project is a daunting responsibility.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Feeling
What's daunting to one person might not be to another; it's subjective.
For some, public speaking is a daunting idea.
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Peter Donnelly: How...
As other speakers have said, it's a rather daunting experience -- a particularly daunting experience -- to be speaking in front of this audience. But unlike the other speakers, I'm not going to tell you about the mysteries of the universe, or the wonders of evolution, or the really clever, innovative ways people are attacking
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WorldSpace: The world’s...
know this so I needed technologies and obviously being a lawyer and still being a lawyer I had to get this from some kind of engineers or some kind of companies so it was really a daunting task when when you thought about the whole thing but more importantly you I
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Steve Ramirez and Xu...
you can physically put your fingers on. But memory is not. And also, there's way more cells in your brain than the number of straws in a typical haystack. So yeah, this task does seem to be daunting. But luckily, we got help from the brain itself.
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Could human civilization...
Could human civilization eventually spread across the whole Milky Way galaxy? Could we move beyond our small blue planet to establish colonies in the multitude of star systems out there? This question's a pretty daunting one.
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What makes life worth...
Early in Paul's illness, we agreed we would just keep saying things out loud. Tasks like making a will, or completing our advance directives -- tasks that I had always avoided -- were not as daunting as they once seemed.
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You are fluent in this...
who has to spend your days discovering new galaxies or saving humanity from global warming. But being an artist is also a daunting job. I spend every day, from nine to six, doing this.
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Expedition Everest: The...
we're pretty puny in the face of a mountain that doesn't always tolerate humanity so well it's really quite a daunting task for our team but we're up for it
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Baby Penguin Tries To...
in the colony it's a daunting prospect but the little chick finds some courage
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Relax With BBC Earth PIPE...
It's a daunting prospect. But the little chick finds some courage.
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Animals Being Bros PIPE BBC...
It's a daunting prospect. But the little chick finds some courage.
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Peter Donnelly: How...
As other speakers have said, it's a rather daunting experience -- a particularly daunting experience -- to be speaking in front of this audience. But unlike the other speakers, I'm not going to tell you about the mysteries of the universe, or the wonders of evolution, or the really clever, innovative ways people are attacking
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WorldSpace: The world’s...
know this so I needed technologies and obviously being a lawyer and still being a lawyer I had to get this from some kind of engineers or some kind of companies so it was really a daunting task when when you thought about the whole thing but more importantly you I
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Steve Ramirez and Xu...
you can physically put your fingers on. But memory is not. And also, there's way more cells in your brain than the number of straws in a typical haystack. So yeah, this task does seem to be daunting. But luckily, we got help from the brain itself.
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Could human civilization...
Could human civilization eventually spread across the whole Milky Way galaxy? Could we move beyond our small blue planet to establish colonies in the multitude of star systems out there? This question's a pretty daunting one.
Video examples
What makes life worth...
Early in Paul's illness, we agreed we would just keep saying things out loud. Tasks like making a will, or completing our advance directives -- tasks that I had always avoided -- were not as daunting as they once seemed.
Video examples
You are fluent in this...
who has to spend your days discovering new galaxies or saving humanity from global warming. But being an artist is also a daunting job. I spend every day, from nine to six, doing this.
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Expedition Everest: The...
we're pretty puny in the face of a mountain that doesn't always tolerate humanity so well it's really quite a daunting task for our team but we're up for it
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Baby Penguin Tries To...
in the colony it's a daunting prospect but the little chick finds some courage
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Relax With BBC Earth PIPE...
It's a daunting prospect. But the little chick finds some courage.
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Animals Being Bros PIPE BBC...
It's a daunting prospect. But the little chick finds some courage.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Kate Hudson
American Actress
A lot of people are quite discouraged by the process of getting healthy because, one, they think they can't afford it, and two, it's daunting. I wanted to start a dialogue. Because you won't be able to even get there until you actually accept yourself and start connecting with yourself.
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Nikita Dragun
American Celebrity
Every comment, every tweet, every snap, every second of my life is viewed and it affects people. It does become daunting, and it can be hard to remain true to my message and to be real and authentic and to not be biased by whatever is thrown at me because of the success that I've had.
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Seth Shostak
American Scientist
While human space travel is daunting, machines - with their indefinitely long lifetimes - could travel the galaxy. It might make little difference to them that bridging the distance from one star to the next could take hundreds of thousands of years or more.
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Robert Morris
So many of the sounds that contemporary composers were trying to create were to be found in the traditional musics of the world. That was encouraging but also little daunting to think that you had to work so hard to be new and yet it was old.
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Lara Spencer
American Journalist
Finding a new couch is a daunting process. New couches are not as soft or deep as you want. I prefer a long, single bench because then it becomes a day bed. These are things that you can buy at a flea market and make exactly what you want.
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Sally Schneider
Writer
This book is pointing the way into it for people that see it as daunting or a mystery. Some people just do it, but others need help with the mindset, permission almost to listen to themselves. Understanding how things work is the key.
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Peter Davison
American Poet
Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with one's own understanding of how to understand the world.
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Rutger Bregman
Dutch Historian
The most daunting challenges of our times, from climate change to the ageing population, demand an entrepreneurial state unafraid to take a gamble.
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Nancy Kress
American Writer
The process, not the results, have to be the reason a writer writes. Otherwise, creating a four-hundred-page novel is just too daunting a task.
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Rupert Friend
English Actor
I find it easier to approach things from a critical angle that otherwise may seem daunting because I'm used to being scared.
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Kate Hudson
American Actress
A lot of people are quite discouraged by the process of getting healthy because, one, they think they can't afford it, and two, it's daunting. I wanted to start a dialogue. Because you won't be able to even get there until you actually accept yourself and start connecting with yourself.
Quote examples
Nikita Dragun
American Celebrity
Every comment, every tweet, every snap, every second of my life is viewed and it affects people. It does become daunting, and it can be hard to remain true to my message and to be real and authentic and to not be biased by whatever is thrown at me because of the success that I've had.
Quote examples
Seth Shostak
American Scientist
While human space travel is daunting, machines - with their indefinitely long lifetimes - could travel the galaxy. It might make little difference to them that bridging the distance from one star to the next could take hundreds of thousands of years or more.
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Robert Morris
So many of the sounds that contemporary composers were trying to create were to be found in the traditional musics of the world. That was encouraging but also little daunting to think that you had to work so hard to be new and yet it was old.
Quote examples
Lara Spencer
American Journalist
Finding a new couch is a daunting process. New couches are not as soft or deep as you want. I prefer a long, single bench because then it becomes a day bed. These are things that you can buy at a flea market and make exactly what you want.
Quote examples
Sally Schneider
Writer
This book is pointing the way into it for people that see it as daunting or a mystery. Some people just do it, but others need help with the mindset, permission almost to listen to themselves. Understanding how things work is the key.
Quote examples
Peter Davison
American Poet
Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with one's own understanding of how to understand the world.
Quote examples
Rutger Bregman
Dutch Historian
The most daunting challenges of our times, from climate change to the ageing population, demand an entrepreneurial state unafraid to take a gamble.
Quote examples
Nancy Kress
American Writer
The process, not the results, have to be the reason a writer writes. Otherwise, creating a four-hundred-page novel is just too daunting a task.
Quote examples
Rupert Friend
English Actor
I find it easier to approach things from a critical angle that otherwise may seem daunting because I'm used to being scared.
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