Past tense of daunt
regular verb
The past tense of daunt is daunted. The past participle is also daunted.
Forms of daunt
| Base form (V1) | daunt /dɔːnt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | daunted |
| Past participle (V3) | daunted |
| Present participle | daunting /ˈdɔːntɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | daunts |
Daunted in a sentence
- I will fight and struggle, and not be daunted by threat or torture.1912, Alexander Berkman, chapter 17, in Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist
- I was daunted by the prospect of interviewing such a heavyweight politician.From the entry daunted
- Then all the enemies drew back daunted, except for the fellest of the warriors, who stepped forward to accept the challenge.From the entry fellest
- But could she've shown me that every browsy hill in Greece had its dappled nans and famestruck twanger, I'd've not been daunted.From the entry browsy
- The Giantling was furious, but the mercenary turned Lord was not daunted.2011, J.A. Giunta, Only The Strong. From the entry giantling
Meaning of daunt
- verb To discourage, intimidate.
- verb To overwhelm.
Questions about the past tense of daunt
- What is the past tense of daunt?
- The past tense of daunt is daunted.
- What is the past participle of daunt?
- The past participle of daunt is daunted.
- Is daunt a regular or irregular verb?
- Daunt is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: daunt (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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