Synonyms for Confronting

Synonyms for "confronting" (58 found)

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Closest matches (12)

across adversative adverse adversive against antagonistic anti antipathetic antipodal antithetic antithetical antonymous

Strong matches (17)

at cross purposes at cross-purposes balancing before clashing compensating conflicting contradictory contradistinct contrapositive contrarious contrary contrasted converse counter counterbalancing counterpoised

Related word relations

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form of

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confront

is a

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configuration

related to

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confront distress upsetting

Translations

4 translations across 3 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

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令人心煩意亂的 /令人心烦意乱的 adj (causing distress; upsetting)

Finnish

2 entries

huolestuttava adj (causing distress; upsetting)
painostava adj (causing distress; upsetting)

Spanish

1 entries

desolador adj (causing distress; upsetting)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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It is a literary work confronting the class problem of a consumer society.

Source: tatoeba (327443)

In the United States, Adlai Stevenson criticized the willingness of John Foster Dulles to threaten atomic war in confronting the Soviet Union; such military brinkmanship, he said, could eventually lead to annihilation of both countries.

Source: tatoeba (3854075)

Since then, Kabylia has been obstinately confronting the process of Arabization and acculturation that is undermining its language and identity.

Source: tatoeba (8590028)

Pettiness separates; breadth unites. Let us be broad and big. Let us not overlook vital things because of the bulk of trifles confronting us.

Source: tatoeba (8603258)

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