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confronting

adj
1
Upsetting or hard to face because it forces you to deal with something uncomfortable.
"The documentary contains some confronting footage of the war."

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In plain EnglishDescribes something so disturbing or blunt that it's difficult to sit through.

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more confronting comparative, most confronting superlative

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