'Confronting' definitions:
Definition of 'Confronting'
From: GCIDE
- Confront \Con*front"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confronted; p. pr. & vb. n. Confronting.] [F. confronter; L. con- + frons the forehead or front. See Front.]
- 1. To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness. [1913 Webster]
- We four, indeed, confronted were with four In Russian habit. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- He spoke and then confronts the bull. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Hester caught hold of Pearl, and drew her forcibly into her arms, confronting the old Puritan magistrate with almost a fierce expression. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]
- It was impossible at once to confront the might of France and to trample on the liberties of England. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To put face to face; to cause to face or to meet; as, to confront one with the proofs of his wrong doing. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To set in opposition for examination; to put in contrast; to compare. [1913 Webster]
- When I confront a medal with a verse, I only show you the same design executed by different hands. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'confronting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adversative,
- adverse,
- adversive,
- antagonistic,
- anti,
- antipathetic,
- antipodal,
- antithetic,
- antonymous,
- at cross-purposes,
- balancing,
- clashing,
- compensating,
- conflicting,
- contradictory,
- contradistinct,
- contrapositive,
- contrarious,
- contrary,
- contrasted,
- converse,
- counter,
- counterbalancing,
- counterpoised,
- countervailing,
- dead against,
- discordant,
- discrepant,
- eyeball to eyeball,
- eyeball-to-eyeball,
- facing,
- hostile,
- inconsistent,
- inimical,
- inverse,
- obverse,
- opposed,
- opposing,
- opposite,
- oppositional,
- oppositive,
- oppugnant,
- perverse,
- polar,
- polaric,
- polarized,
- repugnant,
- reverse,
- squared off