confront

con·front

transitive verb \kən-ˈfrənt\

Definition of CONFRONT

1

: to face especially in challenge : oppose <confront an enemy>

2

a : to cause to meet : bring face-to-face <confront a reader with statistics>

b : to meet face-to-face : encounter <confronted the possibility of failure>

— con·front·al \-ˈfrən-t^əl\ noun

— con·front·er noun

Examples of CONFRONT

1. They confronted the invaders at the shore.
2. She confronted him about his smoking.
3. The country is reluctant to confront its violent past.
4. The photographs confront the viewer with images of desperate poverty.
5. I confronted her with the evidence.

Origin of CONFRONT

Middle French confronter to border on, confront, from Medieval Latin confrontare to bound, from Latin com- + front-, frons forehead, front

First Known Use: circa 1568

Related to CONFRONT

Synonyms

beard, brave, brazen, breast, face, dare, defy, outbrave, outface

Antonyms

dodge, duck, funk, shirk, sidestep

Related Words

face up (to), front; affront; challenge; encounter, meet; accost, approach, corner; repel, resist, stand, withstand; battle, combat, contend (with), fight, oppose, square (off)

Near Antonyms

avoid, eschew, shun; elude, escape, evade, shake

Rhymes with CONFRONT

affront, beachfront, bowfront, breakfront, cold front, drag bunt, drop front, fly front, forefront, home front, housefront, lakefront, manhunt, out-front, seafront, shirtfront, shock front, shorefront, still hunt, storefront, swell-front, up-front, warm front, wave front, witch hunt