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confronted

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 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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Viewers now find themselves confronted by a dizzying array of streaming services, all offering different slices of the viewing universe.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

She stood mute when a reporter confronted her at Los Angeles International Airport about her absence.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

I was scrolling through Instagram the other day, confronted by ageless celebrity after ageless celebrity, feeling demoralized.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Somewhere out of sight were the Met's new SandCat armoured vehicles, which officers said were only there for circumstance where officers were confronted by "extreme violence".

From BBC • May 16, 2026

I started much more naturally then, to find myself confronted by a man in a sober grey dress.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens