daunting = humbling ... a daunting task can cause the brave to feel weak.
the root word for daunting is daunt.
Daunting means intimidating or causing fear.
Daunting
daunting, excrutiating
Bungee jumping off the bridge was a daunting task, but I went ahead and did it.
Not really. It means "daunting" or "discouraging."
intimidating, alarming, frightening, unnerving, disconcerting
It can be either but is practically always an adjective(difficult, tending to impede confidence), as in a daunting task. It is the present participle of the archaic verb "to daunt" which is otherwise seldom seen.
The word daunt is a verb that means frighten or intimidate. The young soldier refused to let the latest reports on the war daunt him.
difficult, challenging After Grandma passed away, clearing out the home she had lived in for 45 years was a daunting task.
a daunting prospect could be classed as a negative daunting, scary, unknown. a daunting prospect could be a child has been concieved this is daunting because there are many questions asked is it right, will we survive our choice, will we be good parents, will the child be born healthy it is a scary unknown path that has to be taken there could end up a negative at the end or a posative either way it is scary. hope this is a satisfactory answer.
Intimidating, daunting, terrifying.