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confronted - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: confront
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: challenge
Synonyms: accost, affront, beard, brave, call one's bluff, come up against, dare, defy, encounter, face down, face up to, face with, flout, front, go one-on-one, go up against, make my day, meet, meet eyeball-to-eyeball, oppose, repel, resist, scorn, stand up to, tell off, withstand
Antonyms: back down
Main Entry: accost
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: approach for conversation or solicitation
Synonyms: address, annoy, bother, brace*, call, challenge, confront, cross, dare, entice, face, flag, greet, hail, proposition, salute, welcome, buttonhole*, run into, whistle for
Antonyms: avoid, dodge, evade, ignore, scorn, shun
Main Entry: affront
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: insult or involve in entanglement
Synonyms: abuse, anger, annoy, confront, criticize, displease, encounter, face, give the cold shoulder*, meet, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, put down*, slander, slight, taunt, vex, dispraise, dump on, give a zinger, hit where one lives
Notes: effrontery means shameless boldness or insulting presumptuousness while an affront is a deliberately offensive act or open insult
Antonyms: appease, assuage, compliment, gratify, mollify, placate, please, satisfy, soothe
Main Entry: brave
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: endure bad situation
Synonyms: bear, beard, challenge, confront, court, dare, defy, face, go through, risk, suffer, support, take on, venture, withstand, face off, fly in the face of, outdare, stand up to
Antonyms: capitulate, complain, dodge, fear, hide, skip, break down, give up, run away
Main Entry: challenge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dispute, question
Synonyms: accost, arouse, assert, beard, brave, call for, claim, confront, cross, dare, defy, demand, denounce, exact, face the music*, impeach, impose, impugn, inquire, investigate, provoke, query, reclaim, require, stimulate, summon, tax, test, throw down the gauntlet*, try, vindicate, ask for, call out, face down, face off, fly in the face of, hang in, insist upon, invite competition, make a point of, make a stand, object to, search out, stand up to, stick it out
Antonyms: agreement, answer, decision, victory
Main Entry: compare
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: examine in contrast
Synonyms: analyze, approach, balance, bracket, collate, confront, consider, contemplate, contrast, correlate, divide, equal, examine, hang, inspect, juxtapose, match, measure, observe, oppose, parallel, ponder, rival, scan, scrutinize, segregate, separate, study, touch, weigh, hold a candle to, match up, place in juxtaposition, set against, set side by side, size up, stack up against, weigh against another
Main Entry: contend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: compete, fight
Synonyms: argue, battle, clash, confront, contest, controvert, cope, dispute, emulate, encounter, face, give all one's got, give one's all, go after, go for, go for broke, go for it*, go for jugular, grapple, have at*, jockey for position, jostle, knock oneself out, litigate, lock horns*, make play for, meet, mix it up with, oppose, oppugn, push, push for, resist, rival, scramble for, shoot at, shoot for, skirmish, stand, strive, struggle, tangle with, tug, vie, withstand
Antonyms: abandon, desert, give up, leave, retreat
Main Entry: contradict
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be at variance with
Synonyms: belie, buck, challenge, confront, contravene, controvert, counter, counteract, cross, dare, deny, differ, disaffirm, disclaim, disprove, dispute, gainsay, impugn, negate, negative, oppose, repudiate, take on, thumbs down, traverse, call in question, fly in the face of, have bone to pick, refuse to accept
Antonyms: accept, agree, approve, concede, confirm, corroborate, reconcile, sign, verify, vouch, OK
Main Entry: cope
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: manage, contend
Synonyms: battle with, buffet, carry on, confront, deal, dispatch, encounter, endure, face, get a handle on, get by, grapple, hack it*, hack*, handle, hold one's own, live with, make go of it, make it, make out*, make the grade, pit oneself against, rise to occasion, struggle, struggle through, suffer, survive, tangle, tussle, weather, wrestle
Main Entry: dare
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: challenge, defy someone
Synonyms: beard, brave, bully, call one's bluff, confront, cope, denounce, disregard, face, face off, front, goad, insult, knock chip off shoulder, laugh at, make my day, meet, mock, muster courage, oppose, outdare, provoke, resist, run the gauntlet, scorn, spurn, square off, step over the line, take one on, taunt, threaten, throw down gauntlet
Main Entry: defy
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: challenge, frustrate
Synonyms: baffle, beard, brave, confront, contemn, dare, defeat, deride, despise, disregard, elude, face, flout, foil, front, gibe*, hang tough*, ignore, insult, mock, oppose, provoke, repel, repulse, resist, ridicule, scorn, slight, spurn, stick*, thwart, venture, violate, withstand, fly in face of, hurl defiance at, make my day, outdare, stick fast, take one on
Antonyms: give in, obey, surrender, yield
Main Entry: encounter
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: happen upon
Synonyms: bear, bump into, close, come across, come upon, confront, descry, detect, espy, experience, face, find, front, meet, suffer, sustain, turn up, undergo, alight upon, chance upon, cross the path, fall in with, hit upon, meet up with, rub eyeballs, run across, run into, run smack into
Antonyms: avoid, evade, retreat, run away
Main Entry: encounter
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fight, attack
Synonyms: affront, battle, collide, combat, conflict, confront, contend, cross swords*, engage, face, grapple, meet, strive, struggle, clash with, do battle
Antonyms: surrender, yield, let go
Main Entry: face
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: come up against a situation
Synonyms: abide, accost, affront, allow, bear, beard, brace, brave, brook, challenge, confront, contend, countenance, court, cross, dare, defy, encounter, endure, experience, fight, meet, oppose, resist, risk, stand, stomach*, submit, suffer, sustain, swallow*, take, take it, take on, tell off*, tolerate, venture, withstand, be confronted by, bit the bullet, cope with, deal with, eyeball, fly in face of, go up against, grapple with, make a stand, run into, square off, take the bull by the horns
Antonyms: hide, retreat, run, withdraw
Main Entry: face
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be opposite; look at
Synonyms: border, confront, front, gaze, glare, meet, overlook, stare, watch, be turned toward, front onto
Antonyms: back
Main Entry: front
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: look out on to
Synonyms: border, confront, cover, encounter, face, meet, overlay, overlook, look over
Main Entry: frustrate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: thwart, disappoint
Synonyms: annul, arrest, baffle, balk, bar, beat, block, cancel, check, circumvent, confront, conquer, counter, counteract, cramp, cramp one's style, crimp, dash, dash one's hope, defeat, depress, discourage, dishearten, foil, forbid, forestall, foul up*, give the run around, halt, hang up*, hinder, hold up, impede, inhibit, lick, negate, neutralize, nullify, obstruct, obviate, outwit, overcome, preclude, prevent, prohibit, render null and void, ruin, stump*, stymie*, upset the applecart*
Antonyms: aid, assist, cooperate, encourage, facilitate, help, support
Main Entry: grapple
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: grab, wrestle
Synonyms: attack, battle, catch, clash, clasp, close, clutch, combat, confront, contend, cope, encounter, engage, face, fasten, fight, grasp, grip, hold, hook, hug, nab, nail, scuffle, seize, snatch, struggle, tackle, take, take on*, tussle, deal with, do battle
Antonyms: release, let go
Main Entry: meet
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: happen on
Synonyms: accost, affront, bump into, clash, collide, come across, confront, contact, cross, encounter, engage, experience, face, find, front, get together, grapple, greet, hit, light, luck*, salute, see, strike, stumble, tumble, tussle, wrestle, brush against, chance on, come up against, dig up, fall in with, make a meet, meet face to face, rendezvous with, rub eyeballs, run across, run into, run up against, touch shoulders
Antonyms: miss
Main Entry: oppose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fight, obstruct
Synonyms: argue, assail, assault, attack, bar, battle, bombard, check, combat, confront, contradict, controvert, counter, cross, debate, defy, deny, disagree, disapprove, dispute, encounter, expose, face, fight, gainsay, hinder, neutralize, prevent, protest, resist, reverse, take on, taunt, thwart, withstand, call in question, counterattack, face down, fly in the face of, frown at, not countenance, run counter to, search out, speak against, stand up to, take a stand, take issue, turn the tables
Antonyms: aid, assist, favor, help, support
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