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单词 outfaced
释义

outface

verb

out·​face ˌau̇t-ˈfās How to pronounce outface (audio)
outfaced; outfacing; outfaces

transitive verb

1
: to cause to waver or submit by or as if by staring
2
: to confront unflinchingly : defy

Synonyms

  • beard
  • brave
  • brazen
  • breast
  • confront
  • dare
  • defy
  • face
  • outbrave
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Example Sentences

rescue workers who outface the daily threat of catastrophe

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

outfaced

verb

past tense of outface
as in confronted
to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage rescue workers who outface the daily threat of catastrophe

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • confronted
  • faced
  • bearded
  • outbraved
  • stood up to
  • withstood
  • braved
  • encountered
  • brazened
  • breasted
  • dared
  • faced up (to)
  • resisted
  • fought
  • met
  • defied
  • fronted
  • challenged
  • approached
  • stood
  • opposed
  • affronted
  • accosted
  • cornered
  • combated
  • contended (with)
  • repelled
  • squared (off)
  • battled
  • combatted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • avoided
  • ducked
  • escaped
  • dodged
  • shunned
  • evaded
  • eschewed
  • shook
  • shirked
  • funked
  • eluded
  • sidestepped
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