faced

faced · verb

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Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense of "face": turned in a particular direction or toward something.

  2. 2.

    Confronted or dealt with a difficult situation.

  3. 3.

    Accepted and dealt with something unpleasant.

Related words

Antonyms: avoided, evaded
See also: confront, face, facing
Synonyms: confronted, encountered, met

Etymology

From Old French face meaning "face, countenance," from Vulgar Latin facia, from Latin facies meaning "appearance, form, figure." The verb developed from the noun in the 15th century.