Daunting vs. Difficult

Dauntingadjective

Discouraging; inspiring fear.

Dauntingadjective

Intimidatingly impressive; awe-inspiring, overwhelming.

Dauntingadjective

Appearing to be difficult; challenging.

Dauntingnoun

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Dauntingnoun

The act of discouraging or intimidating; discouragement, intimidation.

Dauntingnoun

The act of defeating, overcoming, or overwhelming.

Daunting

serving to discourage, dishearten, or intimidate; discouraging; disheartening. Opposite of encouraging.

Dauntingadjective

discouraging through fear

Difficultadjective

Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.

Difficultadjective

Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.

Difficultadjective

(obsolete) Unable or unwilling.

Difficultverb

To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.

Difficultadjective

Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.

Difficultadjective

Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person.

Difficultverb

To render difficult; to impede; to perplex.

Difficultadjective

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure;

Difficultadjective

requiring much effort and trouble;