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

From BBC • May 29, 2026

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

But, they add, Putin will be confronted with a stark choice in the coming months because of a simple arithmetic of attrition.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 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