The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

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hurt by your remarks. 4 dignity, image, self-respect, standing,
reputation, repute, name, honour, status: You might lose face
if you admit you were wrong. 5 boldness, daring, audacity,
effrontery, impudence, impertinence, presumption, brashness,
Colloq gall, brass, nerve, cheek, guts, gutsiness, Brit brass
neck, Slang US balls: Who would have the face to name such a
hotel 'The Palace'? 6 surface, exterior, front, outside, cover,
facing, fa‡ade, skin: The building will have a face of white
marble. 7 right side, obverse, front; dial: The card landed
face up. The face of the clock is enamelled. 8 face to face.
confronting, facing, opposite, en face, vis-…-vis, tˆte-…-tˆte,
… deux, eye to eye, head to head, Colloq eyeball to eyeball: We
met face to face for the first time in the courtroom. 9 in the
face of. in defiance of, notwithstanding, despite, in spite of,
confronting, in opposition to: Some experts attacked the report
for flying in the face of received wisdom. 10 make a face.
grimace, change one's expression, murgeon: When I said I would
be there, she made a face. 11 on the face of it. to all or
outward appearances, seemingly, apparently, superficially,
evidently: On the face of it, I assumed that he was guilty. 12
show one's face. put in or make an appearance, appear, arrive,
be seen, turn up, Colloq show up: I suppose I ought to show my
face at the office party. 13 to one's face. directly, brazenly,
eye to eye, face to face, candidly, openly, frankly: I told him
to his face that he was a liar.
--v. 14 confront, brave, meet (with), encounter, experience,
deal or cope with, come or go up against; appear before: In the
jungle we faced grave danger from man-eating tigers. She faces
her first audience tonight. 15 give (out) or front on or onto,
front towards, overlook, look out on or over; be opposite: Our
rooms face the lake. Facing page 22 is a map of the area. 16
coat, surface, cover, clad, dress, sheathe, overlay, finish;
veneer: The collar is faced with velvet. 17 face down.
confront, intimidate, cow, subdue, overawe, browbeat: I'll not
be faced down by that impudent clerk. 18 face up to. a admit,
accept, acknowledge, allow, confess: We must all face up to our
own shortcomings. b confront, deal or cope with, come or go up
against, brave, come to terms with; brazen through or out, bite
(on) the bullet, grasp the nettle: You wouldn't be able to face
up to your wife if you'd forgotten her birthday.