Word.ws English Dictionary

faced up to

faced up to is the simple past and past participle of face up to.

Meaning of face up to

Verb

face up to (third-person singular simple present faces up to, present participle facing up to, simple past and past participle faced up to)

  1. To confront a condition or situation, typically one that is unpleasant or uncomfortable.
    • We must all face up to the fact that we're not getting any younger.

Questions about faced up to

What is faced up to the simple past and past participle of?
Faced up to is the simple past and past participle of face up to.

Words near faced up to in the dictionary

  1. faced off
  2. faced out
  3. faced the facts
  4. faced the music
  5. faced up
  6. faced up to
  7. facedly
  8. facedown
  9. facedowns
  10. facefirst
  11. facefuck

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: faced up to (page history and authors); face up to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “faced up to.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/faced_up_to. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.