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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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This week, host Scott Pelley was also fired after he confronted newsroom leadership about the culling in a tense staff meeting.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

“I confronted Frank, I said, ‘Frank, what is this magazine?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

At Disney parks, at airport security, on social media, and on children’s travel sports teams, middle-class Americans are constantly confronted with the perks that money can buy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

He said that when they got to their hotel in Geneva he confronted Andrei.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

He had wondered, as had most people at one time or another, precisely why an android bounced helplessly about when confronted by an empathy-measuring test.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick