DAUNTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does daunted mean? 

• DAUNTED (adjective)
  The adjective DAUNTED has 1 sense:

1. caused to show discomposure

  Familiarity information: DAUNTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DAUNTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Caused to show discomposure

Synonyms:

bothered; daunted; fazed

Context example:

refused to be fazed by the objections

Similar:

discomposed (having your composure disturbed)

 Context examples 

It was because nothing daunted him that he had been chosen for government courier.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Somewhat daunted by this reception, Jo hesitated on the threshold, murmuring in much embarrassment...

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Nothing daunted, he approached his man once more, but this time with more caution than before.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

After this the enchanted axe cut off my arms, one after the other; but, nothing daunted, I had them replaced with tin ones.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

I had indeed levelled at that prominent feature as hard a blow as my knuckles could inflict; and when I saw that either that or my look daunted him, I had the greatest inclination to follow up my advantage to purpose; but he was already with his mama.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

His majesty, who is a most magnanimous prince, was less daunted than I could expect: he ordered me to return it into the scabbard, and cast it on the ground as gently as I could, about six feet from the end of my chain.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

The Moffats were very fashionable, and simple Meg was rather daunted, at first, by the splendor of the house and the elegance of its occupants.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

This loud speech, coming from a man of so formidable an appearance, somewhat daunted the disloyal party, and they fell into a sullen silence, which enabled Alleyne to hear something of the talk which was going on in the further corner between the physician, the tooth-drawer and the gleeman.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Nothing daunted him.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Somewhat daunted, Jo righted herself, spread her handkerchief over the devoted ribbons, and putting temptation behind her, hurried on, with increasing dampness about the ankles, and much clashing of umbrellas overhead.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)