daunt /dɔːnt $ dɒːnt/ BrE AmE verb [transitive usually passive]
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: danter , from Latin domitare 'to train (something) so that it obeys' ]
1 . to make someone feel afraid or less confident about something:
He felt utterly daunted by the prospect of moving to another country.
Don’t be daunted by all the technology.
2 . nothing daunted old-fashioned used to say that someone continues or starts to do something in spite of difficulties:
It was steep but, nothing daunted, he started climbing.