confronting

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- /kənˈfrʌnt/
- /kənˈfrʌnt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- /kənˈfrʌnt/

Definition of confronting word

noun confronting Present participle of confront. 1

Just one definition for confronting

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Parts of speech for Confronting

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Confronting

confronting popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for confronting

adjective confronting

facing — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
meeting — an assembly, as of persons and hounds for a hunt or swimmers or runners for a race or series of races: a track meet.
opposing — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
face to face — with the fronts or faces toward each other, especially when close together.

noun confronting

unfriendly — not amicable; not friendly or kindly in disposition; unsympathetic; aloof: an unfriendly coldness of manner.
opposition — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
polarity — Physics. the property or characteristic that produces unequal physical effects at different points in a body or system, as a magnet or storage battery. the positive or negative state in which a body reacts to a magnetic, electric, or other field.
oppugnancy — opposing; antagonistic; contrary.
negativism — a negative or pessimistic attitude.

adverb confronting

face-to-face — with the fronts or faces toward each other, especially when close together.

All 12 Synonyms of confronting

Antonyms for confronting

adjective confronting

lamster — a fugitive from the law.
on the lam — a hasty escape; flight.
fugitive — a person who is fleeing, from prosecution, intolerable circumstances, etc.; a runaway: a fugitive from justice; a fugitive from a dictatorial regime.
unspecific — having a special application, bearing, or reference; specifying, explicit, or definite: to state one's specific purpose.

All 4 Antonyms of confronting

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