was confronted by (verb) face: come up against a situation
Sinonime: abide,
accost,
affront,
allow, be confronted by,
bear, beard, bit the bullet,
brace,
brave,
brook,
challenge,
confront,
contend, cope with,
countenance,
court,
cross,
dare,
deal with,
defy,
encounter,
endure,
experience, eyeball,
fight, fly in face of, go up against, grapple with, make a stand,
meet,
oppose,
resist,
risk, run into, square off,
stand,
stomach*,
submit,
suffer,
sustain,
swallow*,
take, take it,
take on, take the bull by the horns, tell off,
tolerate,
venture,
withstandAntonime: hide,
retreat,
run,
withdraw