different between daunt vs cowardly
daunt
English
Etymology
From Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin domit? (“tame”, verb), frequentative of Latin dom? (“tame, conquer”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *demh?- (“to domesticate, tame”). Doublet of dompt.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??nt/
- (some accents) IPA(key): /d??nt/
- (US) IPA(key): /d?nt/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /d?nt/
- Rhymes: -??nt, -??nt
Verb
daunt (third-person singular simple present daunts, present participle daunting, simple past and past participle daunted)
- (transitive) To discourage, intimidate.
- (transitive) To overwhelm.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Dutan
Middle English
Verb
daunt
- Alternative form of daunten
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cowardly
English
Etymology
From Middle English *cowardli (adjective) and couardli (adverb), equivalent to coward +? -ly. Displaced native Old English earg.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?ka??dli/
Adjective
cowardly (comparative cowardlier or more cowardly, superlative cowardliest or most cowardly)
- Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cowardly
- 1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol
- The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face.
Derived terms
- cowardlily
Translations
Adverb
cowardly (comparative more cowardly, superlative most cowardly)
- (archaic) In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.
Translations
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