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undaunted

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Showing courage and resolution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Not shaken, discouraged or disheartened.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

resolutely courageous

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • undaunted in the face of death

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

unshaken in purpose

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • wholly undismayed by the commercial failure of the three movies he had made

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: undismayed, unshaken

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English ondauntit, undauntdid; equivalent to un- + daunted.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: безстрашен (bezstrašen) — showing courage and resolution
  • Czech: rozhodný — showing courage and resolution
  • Dutch: onbevreesd — showing courage and resolution
  • Dutch: onversaagd — showing courage and resolution
  • Greek: ατρόμητος (atrómitos) — showing courage and resolution
  • Greek: άφοβος (áfovos) — showing courage and resolution
  • Greek: απτόητος (aptóitos) — showing courage and resolution
  • Māori: mātātoa — showing courage and resolution
  • Māori: kiriūka — showing courage and resolution
  • Russian: бесстра́шный (besstrášnyj) — showing courage and resolution
  • Russian: неустраши́мый (neustrašímyj) — showing courage and resolution
  • Swedish: oförskräckt — showing courage and resolution
  • Swedish: karsk — showing courage and resolution
  • Ukrainian: непохи́тний (nepoxýtnyj) — showing courage and resolution
  • Czech: odvážný — not shaken, discouraged or disheartened
  • Czech: neohrožený — not shaken, discouraged or disheartened
  • German: unverzagt — not shaken, discouraged or disheartened
  • Greek: απτόητος (aptóitos) — not shaken, discouraged or disheartened
  • Hungarian: rettenthetetlen — not shaken, discouraged or disheartened
  • Italian: imperterrito — not shaken, discouraged or disheartened
  • Latin: interritus — not shaken, discouraged or disheartened
  • Māori: whakakiriūka — not shaken, discouraged or disheartened
  • Russian: бесстра́шный (besstrášnyj) — not shaken, discouraged or disheartened
  • Russian: неустраши́мый (neustrašímyj) — not shaken, discouraged or disheartened
  • Spanish: impertérrito — not shaken, discouraged or disheartened
  • Swedish: oförfärad — not shaken, discouraged or disheartened
  • Swedish: orädd — not shaken, discouraged or disheartened
  • Ukrainian: непохи́тний (nepoxýtnyj) — not shaken, discouraged or disheartened