More definitions of "facing":
- (noun): An ornamental coating to a building.
Synonyms: veneer
- (noun): A lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening.
- (noun): The act of confronting bravely.
Example: "He hated facing the facts"
Synonyms: face
- (noun): Providing something with a surface of a different material.
Synonyms: lining
Famous quotes containing the word facing:
“Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood—we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we.”
—Jean Rostand (1894–1977)
“The “universal moments” of child rearing are in fact nothing less than a confrontation with the most basic problems of living in society: a facing through one’s children of all the conflicts inherent in human relationships, a clarification of issues that were unresolved in one’s own growing up. The experience of child rearing not only can strengthen one as an individual but also presents the opportunity to shape human relationships of the future.”
—Elaine Heffner (20th century)
“You know all my life I’ve hated funerals. The fuss and bother never brings anybody back. It just spoils remembering them as they really are. And when I see people actually facing it that way, I have to act like a sap.”
—Jules Furthman (1888–1960)