Dictionary: Face
Synonyms: countenance, physiognomy, profile, features, expression, facial expression, look, appearance, air, manner, bearing, guise, cast, aspect, impression, grimace, scowl, wry face, wince, frown, glower, smirk, pout, moue, side, flank, vertical, surface, plane, facet, wall, elevation, dial, display, (outward) appearance, nature, image, front, show, act, false front, facade, exterior, mask, masquerade, pretence, charade, pose, illusion, smokescreen, veneer, camouflage, respect, honour, esteem, regard, admiration, approbation, acclaim, approval, favour, appreciation, popularity, estimation, veneration, awe, reverence, deference, recognition, prestige, standing, status, dignity, glory, kudos, cachet, effrontery, audacity, nerve, gall, brazenness, brashness, shamelessness, look out on, front on to, look towards, be facing, have/afford/command a view of, look over/across, open out over, look on to, overlook, give on to, give over, be opposite (to), accept, come to accept, become reconciled to, reconcile oneself to, reach an acceptance (of), get used to, become accustomed to, adjust to, accommodate oneself to, acclimatize oneself to, be confronted by, be faced with, encounter, experience, come into contact with, run into, come across, meet, come up against, be forced to contend with, beset, worry, distress, cause trouble to, trouble, bother, confront, burden, brave, face up to, meet head-on, dare, defy, oppose, resist, withstand, cover, clad, skin, overlay, dress, pave, put a facing on, laminate, inlay, plate, coat, line
Antonyms: dodge, fear, back, give way, back down, dodge, avoid, throw in the towel, withdraw, cave in, retreat, succumb to, lay down one's arms, throw in the sponge, defer, submit, escape, bashfulness, shun, evade, elude
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Lori Wagner
... and politically armed could wipe out families in an instant if they didn’t do their will, a time when Israel lay subject not only to the forces of Rome but to their own cruel leaders who ate from Rome’s hands and grew drunk on its wine of prestige and power. How would God fight this perversion of power? With love. Unconditional love. The only thing that power can’t fight. The only thing that power fears. Most of us scoff at this simple answer. We look at the ravages and crimes of our world still today ...
Sermon
Lori Wagner
... and he’ll let nothing threaten his goals, his status, and his cushy, yet precarious, situation. Herod is all about Herod. And given the chance, he’d eat Jerusalem alive, if it meant saving his own skin –or his hunger for power and prestige. Luke’s reference to fox and hen would bring up exactly these connotations for his predominantly Greek readership. Just as Paul would work beside those immersed in other traditions and cultures, acknowledge their religion, but then tell about Jesus, using his own ...
Eulogy
Richard E. Zajac
... will be because of Helen Moran. Helen was a Dorothy Wordsworth, a Fanny Stillwell, a Theo van Gogh kind of person. She never occupied the spotlight. She wasn’t someone who commanded much attention. She never achieved a great deal in terms of personal wealth or prestige. She was a background type of person, a behind the scenes kind of individual. She, in a very quiet and unassuming way, nurtured the good and helped unravel the gifts and talents of each and every member of her family. Be it the lunch that ...
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