Antonyms for face up to
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : feys |
| Phonetic Transcription : feɪs |
Definition of face up to
Origin :- late 13c., "front of the head," from Old French face (12c.) "face, countenance, look, appearance," from Vulgar Latin *facia (cf. Italian faccia), from Latin facies "appearance, form, figure," and secondarily "visage, countenance;" probably related to facere "to make" (see factitious).
- Replaced Old English andwlita (from root of wlitan "to see, look") and ansyn, the usual word (from the root of seon "see"). In French, the use of face for "front of the head" was given up 17c. and replaced by visage (older vis), from Latin visus "sight." To lose face (or save face), 1876, is said to be from Chinese tu lien. Face value was originally (1878) of bank notes, postage stamps, etc.
- As in confront : verb challenge
- As in face the music : verb accept the consequences
Synonyms for face up to
- accost
- affront
- be punished
- beard
- bite the bullet
- brave
- call one's bluff
- come to grips with
- come up against
- dare
- defy
- encounter
- face down
- face the facts
- face up to
- face up to it
- face with
- flout
- front
- go one-on-one
- go up against
- grin and bear it
- look square in the eye
- make my day
- make one's bed and lie on it
- meet
- meet eyeball-to-eyeball
- oppose
- pay the piper
- repel
- resist
- scorn
- stand up to
- swallow the pill
- take one's lumps
- take one's medicine
- take the consequences
- tell off
- withstand
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019