confront
Meet head on
To confront is to face directly, especially something difficult or threatening.
You confront a problem by addressing it head-on rather than avoiding it.
You confront a person by challenging them or forcing an encounter: She confronted him about the missing money.
To be confronted with something is to have it placed unavoidably before you: Detectives confronted him with the evidence.
Resist or challenge openly
- resistOppose or refuse compliance
- opposeAct against something
- challengeTest of ability
- rebelAuthority defier
refuse · reject · dissent · protest · disobey · counteract · revolt · object
Head's anterior surface
- meetCome into contact
- encounterUnexpected meeting or confrontation
- approachWay of handling something
- engageActively participate or connect
intercept · ambush · waylay · accost · corner · catch · surprise · unexpected
Violent disagreement or collision
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- altercationHeated verbal dispute
- showdownDecisive final confrontation
- standoffUnresolved confrontation between opponents
tension · hostility · antagonism · friction · feud · quarrel · argument · disagreement
Head's anterior surface
- tackleGear or takedown
- addressSpeak to formally
- grappleSeize and fight closely
- obstacleSomething blocking the way
adversity · hardship · struggle · difficulty · trial · problem · issue · barrier
defy
Resist or challenge openly
rebel · refuse · reject · dissent · protest · disobey · counteract · revolt · object · pushback
face
Head's anterior surface
engage · intercept · ambush · waylay · accost · corner · catch · surprise · unexpected · chance
clash
Violent disagreement or collision
- disputeVerbal clash over differences
- altercationHeated verbal dispute
- showdownDecisive final confrontation
standoff · tension · hostility · antagonism · friction · feud · quarrel · argument · disagreement · face-off
face
Head's anterior surface
obstacle · adversity · hardship · struggle · difficulty · trial · problem · issue · barrier · hurdle
accuse
Claim someone did wrong
denounce · expose · implicate · blame · indict · arraign · reproach · censure · rebuke · reprimand
address
Speak to formally
negotiate · reconcile · compromise · arbitrate · dialogue · discuss · peace · accord · understanding · closure
- action verbsrun, jump, chase, grab, climb
- Stand Upstand firm, stand ground, make a stand, hold firm, face up to
- face downprone, flat, prostrate, lying flat, downward
- confrontationsargue, fight, clash, quarrel, dispute
- dealing with problemsface, tackle, handle, manage, address
- intimidationthreats, threatening, menacing, intimidate, bullying
confrontsupport
To uphold or sustain
encourage · abet · assist · countenance · back
confrontbeat around the bush
Avoid stating directly
skirt around · tiptoe around · sugarcoat · soft-pedal · hedge
- confront one's demonsWrestle with personal torments
- final confrontationDecisive concluding clash
- physical confrontationAggressive bodily conflict
confrontation, confronting, confrontational, confronts, confronted, confrontations, confronter, nonconfrontational, non-confrontational