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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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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

The original trial in November heard that Brooks, a trans woman who was 17 at the time, confronted Linehan and filmed him outside the conference.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

“But I spent decades on the other side of this, and if I had been confronted by people running through Scientology buildings and harassing me or staff, it would have pushed me further into Scientology.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Since then, most of the fierce old tyrannies Joyce confronted have passed away.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

I am not unused to being confronted with my own lies, but those of others never fail to throw me for a loop.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt