confronted

con-front-ed · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of confront; faced someone or something directly.

  2. 2.

    Was faced with a problem or challenge.

  3. 3.

    Presented someone with evidence or accusations.

Related words

Antonyms: avoided, evaded, fled
See also: confront, confrontation, faced
Synonyms: challenged, encountered, faced, opposed

Etymology

From Medieval Latin confrontare ("to border on, adjoin"), from Latin con- ("together") + frons, frontis ("forehead, front"). The -ed suffix marks past tense.