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. Mike Middleton:

   The time has come for us to acknowledge and address our daunting challenges, and return to our relentless adherence to the University of Missouri’s mission to discover, disseminate, preserve and apply knowledge.

2. Lori Tremmel Freeman:

   The CDC's difficult not just during pandemic times, but even more difficult during Johns Hopkins University, our data modernization infrastructure for governmental public health is just really nonexistent. So when you think about having to pivot quickly with new metrics and how that data gets collected and reported and accumulated, aggregated, de-aggregated, it can be daunting.

3. Pomona High School:

   We need different types of help. Half of the students seem traumatized about the incident, the other half are just numb to it, it’s very daunting being in my position because I do care about the district, it’s my community and I want to make sure things get better.

4. Frank Papay:

   Her strength was evident in the fact that she had been the longest-living face transplant patient to date, she was a great pioneer and her decision to undergo a sometimes daunting procedure is an enduring gift for all of humanity.

5. Tony ODell:

   Theres an investigation on the hospital side where theyre looking at all the system failures that would have allowed this to happen for nine months, and then, we have a criminal investigation... so they can hopefully charge the person of interest and were hoping thats sooner rather than later. We understand thats a pretty daunting part of the investigation. Whats frustrating is that they havent moved forward with the hospital side of the investigation because they know the system failures that allowed this person to do what she did for as long as she did.