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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confronted

There’s an important aspect of specials, the business side of it, that I don’t think enough comics really get to learn until they’re confronted with it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Another man believed to be the father, walking back to the table, confronted the elderly man.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

But when confronted with these headlines in August, the energy market barely flinched.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026

The child of South Korean immigrants, she has confronted the high cost of college — she was once forced to drop out to find work — and has experienced financial hardship.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

At the top of the staircase, Seward’s son Frederick confronted Bell and the stranger.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson