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confront one's demons

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.52 in modern English

Syllables
con-fron-t one's demons
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To work through past experiences that have left emotional scars.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

confronts one's demons (present, singular) confronting one's demons (participle, present) confronted one's demons (participle, past) confronted one's demons (past)

Synonyms

face one's demons meet one's demons

Questions

What does confront one's demons mean?
To work through past experiences that have left emotional scars.

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