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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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U.S. stocks took a breather from their rally to fresh record highs on Tuesday as investors confronted a gloomier inflation backdrop.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

Police are investigating two recent home burglaries in Los Angeles in which the thieves were confronted by witnesses or scared off by home alarms.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

What has happened to America to create a situation in which we’re now confronted 24/7 by gambling opportunities in many forms?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

But the main witness, the police officer who had initially confronted Gamble, was grim-faced, rigidly polite, and completely serious about his claims.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

Nevertheless, the problems he faced in composing the three-dimensional space of his work were not so very different from those later confronted by Mondrian.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson