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| Main Entry: | daunt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frighten, alarm |
| Synonyms: | appall, baffle, browbeat, bully, cow, deter, discourage, dishearten, dismay, foil, horrify, intimidate, put off*, scare, shake, subdue, terrify, thwart, consternate, dispirit, overawe |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, embolden, encourage, hearten, help, incite, stimulate, urge, inspirit, undaunt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | appalling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrifying |
| Synonyms: | alarming, astounding, awful, bad, dire, dreadful, fearful, formidable, frightening, frightful, ghastly, grim, gross*, harrowing, heavy*, hideous, horrible, intimidating, mean, shocking, terrible, terrifying, daunting, disheartening, dismaying, grody, horrid, horrific, petrifying, scaring, the end, unnerving |
| Antonyms: | comforting, encouraging, satisfying, reassuring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | awesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amazing |
| Synonyms: | alarming, astonishing, awe-inspiring, awful, beautiful, breathtaking, dreadful, exalted, fearful, formidable, frantic, frightening, grand, hairy*, horrible, imposing, impressive, intimidating, magnificent, majestic, mean, mind-blowing*, moving, nervous, overwhelming, shocking, striking, stunning, terrible, terrifying, wonderful, wondrous, daunting, fearsome, horrifying, real gone, something else, stupefying, zero cool |
| Antonyms: | unamazing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | depressing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discouraging, upsetting |
| Synonyms: | black, bleak, dismal, distressing, dreary, funereal, gloomy, heartbreaking, hopeless, joyless, melancholy, mournful, oppressive, sad, somber, daunting, dejecting, disheartening, dispiriting, melancholic, saddening |
| Antonyms: | cheering, encouraging, happy |
| Main Entry: | discouraging |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upsetting |
| Synonyms: | black, bleak, depressing, deterring, disadvantageous, disappointing, dismal, dreary, gloomy, inopportune, oppressive, unfavorable, unpropitious, dampening, daunting, depressive, disheartening, dismaying, dispiriting, dissuading, hindering, off-putting, repressing |
| Antonyms: | auspicious, encouraging, favorable, inspiring, heartening, inspiriting |
| Main Entry: | gruesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible, awful |
| Synonyms: | abominable, appalling, fearful, frightful, ghastly, grim, grisly, gross*, hideous, loathsome, lurid, macabre, monstrous, morbid, offensive, repugnant, repulsive, shocking, sick*, spine-tingling*, terrible, terrifying, ugly, weird*, daunting, grody, horrendous, horrid, horrific, horrifying |
| Notes: | grueling means characterized by physical effort to the point of exhaustion; gruesome means shockingly repellent, inspiring horror |
| Antonyms: | beautiful, pleasant, pretty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intimidation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bullying |
| Synonyms: | coercion, frightening, scare tactics*, threatening, browbeating, cowing, daunting, demoralizing, terrorizing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | formidable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | horrible, terrifying |
| Synonyms: | appalling, awful, dangerous, dire, dreadful, fearful, fierce, frightful, imposing, impregnable, intimidating, menacing, redoubtable, shocking, terrible, terrific, threatening, daunting, dismaying, horrific |
| Antonyms: | feeble, friendly, harmless, nice, pleasant, powerless, weak |
| Main Entry: | frightful/frightening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scary, shocking |
| Synonyms: | alarming, appalling, atrocious, awesome, awful, chilling, dire, direful, disquieting, dread, dreadful, fearful, formidable, ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, hair-raising, hairy, harrowing, hideous, horrible, inconceivable, intimidating, lurid, macabre, menacing, morbid, ominous, portentous, repellent, spooky, terrible, terrifying, unspeakable, daunting, dismaying, fearsome, grabber, horrendous, horrid, horrifying, petrifying, traumatic, unnerving |
| Antonyms: | calming, comforting, pleasing |
| Main Entry: | alarm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset |
| Synonyms: | amaze, astonish, chill, daunt, dismay, distress, frighten, panic, scare, spook, startle, surprise, terrify, unnerve, give a turn, make jump, scare silly, scare stiff, scare to death |
| Antonyms: | assure, calm, gladden, reassure, repose, soothe |
| Main Entry: | appall/appal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | horrify |
| Synonyms: | alarm, amaze, astound, awe, daunt, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, faze, frighten, insult, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare, shake, shock, terrify, throw, unnerve, consternate, get to*, gross out |
| Antonyms: | comfort, encourage, reassure, satisfy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | awe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | amaze |
| Synonyms: | alarm, appall, astonish, cow*, daunt, dazzle, flabbergast, frighten, grandstand, horrify, impress, intimidate, scare, startle, strike, stun, stupefy, terrify, blow away, hotdog, knock socks off, overawe, showboat |
| Antonyms: | expect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | browbeat, intimidate |
| Synonyms: | abash, appall, awe, bludgeon, bluster, bulldoze, bully, daunt, discomfit, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, embarrass, enforce, faze, frighten, hector, rattle, scare, strong-arm*, subdue, terrorize, unnerve, buffalo, dragoon, lean on, overawe, push around, showboat, turn on the heat, walk heavy |
| Antonyms: | encourage, hearten, inspirit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | demoralize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depress, unnerve |
| Synonyms: | abash, blow up, chill, cripple, damp, dampen, daunt, debilitate, deject, disarrange, disconcert, discountenance, discourage, dishearten, disorder, disorganize, disparage, disturb, embarrass, enfeeble, jumble, muddle, nonplus, rattle, sap, shake, snarl, undermine, unsettle, unzip, upset, weaken, blow out, dispirit, get to*, psych out, send up*, take apart, take steam out, unglue, unman |
| Antonyms: | boost, comfort, encourage, uplift |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | depress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deject, make despondent; exhaust |
| Synonyms: | abase, afflict, ail, bear down, beat, bother, bug*, chill*, cow*, damp, dampen, darken, daunt, debase, debilitate, degrade, desolate, devitalize, discourage, dishearten, dismay, distress, disturb, drag*, drain, dull, enervate, faze, lower, mock, mortify, oppress, perturb, press, put down*, reduce, run down*, sadden, sap*, scorn, slow, torment, trouble, try, upset, weaken, weary, weigh down*, beat down*, bum out, cast down, dispirit, keep under, reduce to tears, throw cold water on, turn one off |
| Antonyms: | cheer, comfort, encourage, excite, lift, stimulate, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | check, inhibit from action |
| Synonyms: | avert, block, caution, chill, cool, damp, dampen, daunt, debar, discourage, dissuade, divert, forestall, frighten, hinder, impede, intimidate, obstruct, obviate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, put off, restrain, rule out, scare, shut out, stave off, stop, turn off, warn, act like a wet blanket, disadvise, forfend, put a damper on, talk out of, throw cold water on |
| Antonyms: | encourage, instigate, persuade, promote, stimulate, support, turn on, urge, put on to |
| Main Entry: | discourage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dishearten, dispirit |
| Synonyms: | abash, afflict, alarm, appall, awe, beat down, bother, break one's heart, bully, cast down, chill, confuse, cow, dampen, dash, daunt, deject, demoralize, deprecate, depress, dismay, disparage, distress, droop, frighten, intimidate, irk, overawe, prostrate, repress, scare, throw cold water on, trouble, try, unnerve, vex, weigh |
| Antonyms: | encourage, hearten, inspire, inspirit |
| Main Entry: | dishearten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depress, ruin one's hopes |
| Synonyms: | chill*, crush, damp, dampen, dash, daunt, deject, demoralize, deter, discourage, dismay, disparage, get down*, humble, humiliate, put down, shake, cast down, disincline, dispirit, indispose, put a damper on, throw a pall over |
| Antonyms: | encourage, hearten, inspirit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dismay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disappoint, fill with consternation |
| Synonyms: | abash, affright, agitate, alarm, appall, bewilder, bother, chill, confound, daunt, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, discourage, dishearten, disillusion, disquiet, distress, disturb, dumbfound, embarrass, faze, flummox*, fluster, foul up*, frighten, horrify, mess up*, mystify, nonplus, paralyze, perplex, put off, puzzle, rattle, scare, screw up*, shake, snafu*, terrify, terrorize, throw, unhinge*, unnerve, upset, dispirit, get to, louse up, muck up*, take aback, throw into a tizzy |
| Antonyms: | assure, encourage, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | faze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embarrass |
| Synonyms: | abash, annoy, appall, bother, confound, confuse, daunt, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, dismay, dumbfound, horrify, irritate, muddle, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, rattle, vex |
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