in-your-face

See also: in your face

English

Alternative forms

• in your face

Adjective

in-your-face (comparative more in-your-face, superlative most in-your-face)

1. (informal) Aggressively or blatantly confrontational.
   • 2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker‎^[1], →ISSN:

     But the firm’s in-your-face attitude—and the relentless pressure to perform—takes its toll.

   • 2013 November 7, Jewly Wright, “K.T. Oslin: The Cream Interview”, in Nashville Scene‎^[2]:

     It's sexual but not quite so in-your-face.

   • 2021 August 2, Taylor Lorenz, “The App With the Unprintable Name That Wants to Give Power to Creators”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN:

     The in-your-face name was deliberate, Ms. Lugrin said.

Related terms

• in-yer-face

Translations

aggressively or blatantly confrontational

• Dutch: gedurfd (nl)
• French: tape-à-l’œil (fr), agressif (fr)
• German: provokativ (de), aggressiv (de)
• Italian: audace (it)
• Norwegian: nesevis, uforskammet (no)
• Spanish: frentera f