What does undaunted mean?
Word: Undaunted
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Undaunted means still keen and determined even after a setback or a hard time.
Synonyms: resolute
Antonyms: discouraged
How do you spell undaunted?
Syllables: un - daunt - ed
Tricky part: The long vowel in the middle is spelt au. Pupils who write what they hear often put aw or a plain o there.
Watch out for: undawnted, undonted
Memory tip: Rain never stops a keen walker from going on a jaunt: jaunt spells that vowel sound with au, and so does undaunted.
Undaunted in a sentence
Example 1: Undaunted by the long queue, Pooja waited two hours to meet her favourite author.
Example 2: The young chess player lost her first three games but stayed undaunted.
Example 3: Our team was undaunted by the steep climb to the top of the ridge.
Fun Fact
The verb daunt goes back through Old French to a Latin word meaning to tame, so a person who is undaunted is, at heart, someone who has not been tamed.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
_ndaunt_d
a) u, e
b) a, e
c) o, e
d) u, i
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a) u, e. It opens with the common negative prefix, and the ending is the usual past form.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
Rained out twice, the dnuatdneu trekkers set off again at dawn with packed lunches.
a) undaunted
b) unaided
c) undoubted
d) unwanted
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a) undaunted. The jumble has two u's and no w, o or i, and that leaves one word.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word undaunted as used in the sentence:
The undaunted swimmer asked the coach for another try at the record.
a) steadfast
b) disheartened
c) plucky
d) persistent
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b) disheartened. A swimmer who asks for another try has not lost heart; disheartened is the reverse of that.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one word in the list is spelt correctly. Choose its meaning:
1. resiliant 2. couragous 3. undaunted 4. determind
a) having firmly decided to do something
b) brave when facing something hard
c) refusing to lose heart after a disappointment
d) able to bounce back quickly from trouble
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c) refusing to lose heart after a disappointment. Resilient has ent, determined needs its e, and courageous keeps the e of courage.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which person best fits the description undaunted?
a) a swimmer who waits for the coach's word
b) a singer who stops after one wrong note
c) a player who cheers from the side
d) a runner who joins the next race after a fall
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d) a runner who joins the next race after a fall
2. What does the verb daunt do to a person?
a) It makes them feel grateful.
b) It makes them less confident.
c) It makes them more careful.
d) It makes them very tired.
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b) It makes them less confident.
