Synonyms for daunting
daunt·ing

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1. daunting, intimidatingadjective

   discouraging through fear

   Synonyms:
   intimidating

   Antonyms:
   encouraging

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1. List of paraphrases for "daunting":

   formidable, intimidating, arduous, enormous, overwhelming, discouraging, fearsome, huge, tremendous, redoubtable, difficult, frightening, terrible, disheartening, immense, dreaded, grim, monumental, impressive, colossal, gigantic, appalling, terrifying, disappointing, challenging, insurmountable

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1. James Gagliano:

   You're going to be dealing on fading memories, you're going to be dealing on neighborhood canvasses where the accuser is not sure where that neighborhood was. It's going to be an uphill, daunting task.

2. Melissa Cobb:

   I grew up reading Dahl stories and lived large parts of my young life in those magical worlds, so finding just the right creative partner to bring Willy Wonka, Charlie and the Oompa-Loompas to life in animation was a daunting task... until Taika Waititi walked into the room, then it was really obvious. If Dahl had created a character of a filmmaker to adapt his work, I'm pretty sure he would have created Taika Waititi.

3. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga:

   Whoever wins will have the daunting task to try to change the equation in the country, overwhelmingly what people are saying is, they want the new leadership to govern them better; they want a government that will be able to reconcile them.

4. Julie Clerc:

   Surgery can be an extremely daunting time for most people, let alone a child, we wanted to think of ways that would make the trip( from the ward to the operating theater) more enjoyable for the younger children.

5. Nathan Chen:

   This team is incredible, just the amount of experience we all have, i think regardless of anything we’re going to have great skates there. And going back to experience, I think that’s so important. I have been to events for the first time and things didn’t necessarily go the way I wanted it to. It’s really daunting.