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Definition of Confront
1. Verb. Oppose, as in hostility or a competition. "The two enemies finally confronted each other"
Specialized synonyms: Breast, Front, Take The Bull By The Horns, Match, Oppose, Pit, Play Off
Generic synonyms: Encounter, Meet, Play, Take On
Derivative terms: Confrontation, Confrontation, Face
Also: Face Off
2. Verb. Deal with (something unpleasant) head on. "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
Related verbs: Face, Present
Generic synonyms: Approach, Go About, Set About
Specialized synonyms: Tackle, Take On, Undertake
Antonyms: Avoid
3. Verb. Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize. "An enormous dilemma faces us"
4. Verb. Be face to face with. "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"
Definition of Confront
1. v. t. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.
Definition of Confront
1. Verb. (transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with; to oppose; to challenge. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To deal with. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To something bring face to face with. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To come up against; to encounter. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To engage in confrontation. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive) To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Confront
1. to face defiantly [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confront
Literary usage of Confront
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Industrial Cuba: Being a Study of Present Commercial and Industrial by Robert Percival Porter (1899)
"... CHAPTER II CONDITIONS WHICH confront US r treat of Cuba as an American country
is the purpose of this volume. If the people of the Island, regardless of ..."
2. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... humour of them all, to contemn death, to wish for death, to confront death in
this case, Quippe queis nee fera, nee ignis, ..."
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