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Definitions

confront

[kuhn-fruhnt] / kənˈfrʌnt /
VERB
challenge
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accost defy encounter meet oppose repel resist
STRONG
affront beard brave dare flout front scorn withstand
WEAK
call one's bluff come up against face down face off face up to face with go one-on-one go up against make my day meet eyeball-to-eyeball stand up to tell off
Antonyms
STRONGEST
avoid dodge evade surrender yield
WEAK
back down

Example Sentences

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He is uniquely suited to confront these challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

As New York continues to confront challenges around education access, affordability and inequality, the visit highlighted how local leadership and national political figures intersect, often in ways that extend beyond the immediate setting.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

How will this government and its successors, and society at large, confront the choices a more muscular defence posture will demand?

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

"What is the US Navy going to do? They're not going to confront Chinese, Indian and Pakistani merchant ships" loading in Iranian ports, he said.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

The Adams style was to confront, shout, rant, and then to embrace.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis