confronting

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confronting

adjective more confronting · most confronting

  1. Causing distress; upsetting.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of confront

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Closest in meaning: braving, grappling, tackling, coping with, afflicting, antagonism, clashing, confrontation, combating, encounter, clash, overcoming, affecting, encountering, cope, combat

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adj causing distress; upsetting

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@misc{confronting_2026,
  title = {confronting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/confronting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}