Synonyms for faced down
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : feys |
| Phonetic Transcription : feɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for faced down Other synonyms for the word faced down
- accost
- affront
- altercate
- arouse
- assault
- bandy
- bar
- battle
- beard
- bicker
- bombard
- brave
- break with
- buck
- bump heads
- call in question
- call one's bluff
- call out
- check
- combat
- come up against
- confront
- contradict
- controvert
- counter
- counterattack
- cross
- cross swords
- dare
- demand
- denounce
- deny
- disagree
- disapprove
- dispute
- encounter
- exact
- expose
- face
- face down
- face off
- face the music
- face up to
- face with
- feud
- fight
- flout
- fly in the face of
- front
- frown at
- gainsay
- gang up on
- get in one's face
- go one on one
- go one-on-one
- go up against
- hammer
- hammer away
- hang in
- hash
- hash over
- hassle
- have at each other
- have at it
- hinder
- impeach
- impose
- impugn
- inquire
- insist upon
- investigate
- invite competition
- jump
- jump on
- knock around
- lock horns
- make a point of
- make a stand
- make my day
- meet
- meet eyeball-to-eyeball
- mix it up
- neutralize
- not countenance
- object to
- oppose
- pettifog
- pick an argument
- prevent
- protest
- provoke
- put up a fight
- put up a struggle
- quarrel
- query
- quibble
- reclaim
- rehash
- repel
- require
- resist
- reverse
- row
- run counter to
- sass
- scorn
- search out
- set to
- sock it to
- speak against
- squabble
- stand up to
- stick it out
- stick it to
- stimulate
- summon
- take a stand
- take issue
- take on
- talk back
- taunt
- tax
- tell off
- test
- throw down the gauntlet
- thwart
- try
- turn the tables
- vindicate
- withstand
- wrangle
Définition of faced down
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 argue : verb verbally fight
- As in oppose : verb fight, obstruct
- As in challenge : verb dispute, question
- As in confront : verb challenge
- "Here is something that cannot be faced down with a laugh," he said stoutly.
- Extract from : « Windy McPherson's Son » by Sherwood Anderson
- "Yes, I could," answered Dave, with dogged resolution not to be faced down.
- Extract from : « The Graysons » by Edward Eggleston
- Pox on't, come what will, I'll not be faced down with a lie; I say, he is my man.
- Extract from : « Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) » by John Dryden
- Swiftly, as if startled, she turned and faced down the slope.
- Extract from : « The Rainbow Trail » by Zane Grey
- Then, with a backward motion of the hand to enjoin silence, he faced down the branch path and stood calmly waiting.
- Extract from : « The Pathless Trail » by Arthur O. (Arthur Olney) Friel
- He suddenly stopped and stood as though thinking; then wheeled, faced down the slope, and looked off into the distance.
- Extract from : « The Grizzly » by Enos A. Mills
- He turned from them, but instead of crossing the street to go to his house, he faced down the little dark street to the factory.
- Extract from : « Christmas » by Zona Gale
- Softly, silently he turned his bicycle so that it faced down the long hill he had just climbed.
- Extract from : « The Red Cross Girl » by Richard Harding Davis
- This slope, it was found, was being swept by machine guns on the crest of the hill to the left which faced down the valley.
- Extract from : « Sergeant York And His People » by Sam Cowan
- Auguste Guynemer remembered very vividly the day when he faced down Robespierre.
- Extract from : « Georges Guynemer » by Henry Bordeaux
Antonyms for faced down
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