Englishdaunt
verb
it will take more than December sleet and gales to daunt the crews:
intimidate, abash, take aback, shake, ruffle, throw, demoralize, discourage;
deter, put off, dishearten, dispirit, deject, sap, cow, overawe, awe, frighten, scare, alarm, unman, dismay, distress, disconcert, discompose, perturb, upset, discomfit, unsettle, unnerve, disquiet, subdue;
throw off balance, put someone off their stroke, cause someone to lose their composure, confound, panic, stupefy, stun;
informal rattle, faze, put into a flap, throw into a tizz, discombobulate, shake up, psych;
British, informal put the wind up.
▷antonyms encourage; hearten.