confrontal
confrontal noun: the act of confronting.
Noun
confrontal (countable and uncountable, plural confrontals)
- The act of confronting.
- Traces of Caledonian intrenchments and hill-forts occur so numerously for miles in the neighbourhood, and in such positions of confrontal to Ardoch, as to indicate that the Roman forces made a stiff and prolonged lodgment here, and met a vigorous resistance.1860, John M[arius] Wilson, “Greenloaning”, in Nelsons’ Hand-Book to Scotland: For Tourists. […], London; Edinburgh; New York, N.Y.: T[homas] Nelson and Sons, […], page 326, column 1
- The overpowering sense of the sublime, of awful desolation, of transcending marvelousness and unexpectedness, that swept over us, as we reined our horses sharply out of green forests, and stood upon high jutting rock that overlooked this rolling, upheaving sea of granite mountains, holding far down...1865 August 11, Samuel Bowles, “Letter XXII. The Yosemite Valley and the Big Trees.”, in Across the Continent: A Summer’s Journey to the Rocky Mountains, the Mormons, and the Pacific States, with...
- Synonyms:
- confrontation
Adjective
confrontal (comparative more confrontal, superlative most confrontal)
- That confronts.
- I have been in many of these overly structured and disciplined schools. I have noticed that in these schools of confrontal teaching, teachers and children seemed to be caught in a common grimness.1973, Harold B. Gores, “[Schools For Young Children—The Recent American Past] Panelist’s Response”, in Robert H. Anderson, editor, Education in Anticipation of Tomorrow: The Lamplighter Seminar...
- “When can I have an answer—I have other offers” (c) is better, if you feel confrontal on a given day; it lets the person know you’re valued. […] This is a question that you must answer in terms of your immediate reaction: what is your initial response when faced with a confrontal person? When...1987, Dorothy Leeds, “The Quiz: Part One”, in Smart Questions: A New Strategy for Successful Managers, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill Book Company, →ISBN, part one (The System), pages 20–21
- Synonyms:
- confrontational, confrontative
Examples of confrontal in a sentence
- It was the confrontal of God face to face, as in great danger, in solemn, sudden death.1865 August 11, Samuel Bowles, “Letter XXII. The Yosemite Valley and the Big Trees.”, in Across the Continent: A Summer’s Journey to the...
- In that moment of confrontal Marcy felt a strange sensation of guilt, as if she had stolen something and was being caught.1919, Daniel Carson Goodman, chapter XXV, in The Taker, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, page 218:
- By the constant encounters and confrontals of these Tests of the Golden Keys he is continuously “tried in the Fire” of the Ek-Klesia, which “proves every man’s Action, of what sort it is”; […][1921], Holden Edward Sampson, “Lesson Ten: (4) Election, or the State of the Supplicant (continued); (4) ‘The Land of Canaan’...
- Everywhere they hint at poignant confrontals, so the night wind in the forest becomes an illuminating test of character and conduct.1924, Charles B[ert] Reed, “Survivals”, in Four Way Lodge, Chicago, Ill.: Pascal Covici, page 170:
Synonyms of confrontal
Forms of confrontal
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | confrontals |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more confrontal |
| superlative | most confrontal |
Origin of confrontal
From confront + -al.
Questions about confrontal
- What does confrontal mean?
- Confrontal means the act of confronting.
- How do you use confrontal in a sentence?
- It was the confrontal of God face to face, as in great danger, in solemn, sudden death.
- What part of speech is confrontal?
- Confrontal can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of confrontal?
- The plural of confrontal is confrontals.
Words near confrontal in the dictionary
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