Hyphenation of confront

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word confront? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

con-front

Definitions of confront:

1.	Oppose, as in hostility or a competition You must confront your opponent Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring The two enemies finally confronted each other
2.	Deal with (something unpleasant) head on You must confront your problems He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes
3.	Present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize We confronted him with the evidence He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions An enormous dilemma faces us
4.	Be face to face with The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume

Synonyms of confront:

verb	face, meet, encounter, play, take on
verb	face up, face, set about, go about, approach
verb	face, present
verb	front, look, face

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.