confronts
Meaning of confronts
verb, 3rd person present
- come face to face with (someone) with hostile or argumentative intent.
he confronted the robbers as they were trying to leave
mid 16th century: from French confronter, from medieval Latin confrontare, from Latin con- ‘with’ + frons, front- ‘face’.
Information about confronts
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of confronts is: confront.
- Languages in which confronts is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of confronts
con-fronts
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- confronts is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
confronts synonyms
Meaning dispute the truth or validity of:
Meaning actively resist (a person or system):
Meaning struggle or fight back when attacked:
Meaning openly resist or refuse to obey:
Meaning boldly confront or challenge (someone formidable):
Meaning initiate discussion with (someone) about a disputed or sensitive issue:
Meaning begin to deal with (a problem or task) in a determined and vigorous way:
Meaning make a physical attack on:
Meaning come near or nearer to (someone or something) in distance or time:
Meaning be positioned with the face or front towards (someone or something):
Meaning arrange or happen to come into the presence or company of (someone):
Meaning endure or face (unpleasant conditions or behaviour) without showing fear:
Meaning keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention:
Meaning approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively:
Meaning stop or interrupt (someone) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way:
Meaning (of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen:
Meaning bring or come to an abrupt stop:
Meaning stop (someone) in order to talk to them:
Meaning try to influence or thwart by underhand or unfair methods:
confronts antonyms
Meaning keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something):
Words that rhyme with confronts
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