vt. 威吓, 难倒, 使气馁

[ verb ]
cause to lose courage
<verb.emotion> dash frighten away frighten off pall scare scare away scare off
dashed by the refusal

Daunt \Daunt\ (d[add]nt; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Daunted}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Daunting}.] [OF. danter, F. dompter to tame,
subdue, fr. L. domitare, v. intens. of domare to tame. See
{Tame}.]
1. To overcome; to conquer. [Obs.]

2. To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of
danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.

Some presences daunt and discourage us. --Glanvill.

Syn: To dismay; appall. See {Dismay}.