Associations to the word «Confronting»

Wiktionary

CONFRONT, verb. (transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with; to oppose; to challenge.
CONFRONT, verb. (transitive) To deal with.
CONFRONT, verb. (transitive) To something bring face to face with.
CONFRONT, verb. (transitive) To come up against; to encounter.
CONFRONT, verb. (intransitive) To engage in confrontation.
CONFRONT, verb. (transitive) To set a thing side by side with; to compare.
CONFRONT, verb. (transitive) To put a thing facing to; to set in contrast to.

Dictionary definition

CONFRONT, verb. Oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other".
CONFRONT, verb. Deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes".
CONFRONT, verb. Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us".
CONFRONT, verb. Be face to face with; "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King