confronting

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adjective

Causing distress; upsetting.

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiveconfronting (comparative more confronting, superlative most confronting)

comparative more confronting · superlative most confronting

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of confront

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 令人心煩意亂的 /令人心烦意乱的
  • 令人心煩意亂的 /令人心烦意乱的 (lìngrén xīnfányìluàn de)causing distress; upsetting
Finnish painostava, huolestuttava
  • painostavacausing distress; upsetting
  • huolestuttavacausing distress; upsetting
Spanish desolador
  • desoladorcausing distress; upsetting
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APA

confronting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confronting

MLA

“confronting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confronting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “confronting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confronting.

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