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Outface

To face or look (one) out of countenance; to resist or bear down by bold looks or effrontery; to brave.

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Gaze 76% connected

To fixx the eyes in a steady and earnest look; to look with eagerness or curiosity, as in admiration, astonishment, or with studious attention.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stare 76% connected

The starling.

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Outstare 92% connected

To excel or overcome in staring; to face down.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Aspect noun · 78% connection

Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air.

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Audacious adjective · 78% connection

Committed with, or proceedings from, daring effrontery or contempt of law, morality, or decorum.

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Bear noun · 78% connection

An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear; ant bear; water bear; sea…

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Big superl. · 78% connection

Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; b…

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Brave superl. · 78% connection

Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.

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Browbeat verb · 78% connection

To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent…

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Catoptromancy noun · 78% connection

A species of divination, which was performed by letting down a mirror into water, for a sick person to look at his face in it. If his…

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Contradiction noun · 78% connection

(logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement ‘he is brave and he is not brave’ is a contradiction"

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Contradiction in terms noun · 78% connection

(logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement ‘he is brave and he is not brave’ is a contradiction"

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Courageous adjective · 78% connection

Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold.

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Dejected adjective · 78% connection

Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look or countenance.

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Discountenance verb · 78% connection

To ruffle or discompose the countenance of; to put of countenance; to put to shame; to abash.

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Down adjective · 78% connection

Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway.

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Effronteries pl. · 78% connection

of Effrontery

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Epanorthosis noun · 78% connection

A figure by which a speaker recalls a word or words, in order to substitute something else stronger or more significant; as, Most brav…

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Expect verb · 78% connection

To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehe…

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Expression noun · 78% connection

the feelings expressed on a person's face; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face"

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Face noun · 78% connection

Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery.

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