Synonyms for confronting
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kuh n-fruhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈfrʌnt |
Définition of confronting
Origin :- 1560s, "to stand in front of," from Middle French confronter (15c.), from Medieval Latin confrontare "assign limits, adjoin," from Latin com- "together" (see com-) + frontem (nominative frons) "forehead" (see front (n.)). Sense of "to face in defiance or hostility" is late 16c. Related: Confronted; confronting.
- adj facing
- She shrank, as many a woman has shrunk before, from confronting him with his lie.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Then once more I faced the task of confronting this dead likeness of myself.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- Confronting this world (that is nature and man) there is another world which is God.
- Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
- With a hand to her throat, she wheeled swiftly round, confronting him.
- Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge
- We had halted now, and were confronting each other in the descending gloom.
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- She looked at her son, who had shifted his position, so that he was now confronting her.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- She was on her feet, confronting him ere he had time to speak again.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- He leapt, and in a flash his tall figure was confronting the leader of the attack.
- Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Miko was now confronting me; at the door Moa stood watching.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
- He had been confronting the girl for some time before she became aware of his presence.
- Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
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