confront
confronted; confronting; confronts
Confront means either to face a situation that makes you uncomfortable, or to say something to someone about something they've done that bothers you. Rather than letting things go, when people are rude to you you should confront them.
Confront derives from the Latin con- "with" and -front "front." You can confront a sad truth, you can confront a person by calling them on their behavior, you can confront someone with the fact that they have terrible breath. You can be confronted, too—on the trip through the mountains, we were confronted by the impassibility of the road.
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oppose, as in hostility or a competition
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present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
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be face to face with
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deal with (something unpleasant) head on“You must confront your problems”
Vocabulary lists containing confront
Middle schooler Daniel and his campmates battle for survival on the Crazy River in Montana.
Charlie Gordon goes through an experimental treatment to increase his intelligence, with unexpected and ultimately tragic results.
While playing a game of hide and seek at their friend Zee's welcome home party, Justin and his friends get pulled into a shadowy world. They have to confront their worst nightmares as they try to escape the Seeker monster and find their way home.
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