"in-your-face" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more in-your-face [comparative], most in-your-face [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} in-your-face (comparative more in-your-face, superlative most in-your-face)
  1. (informal) Aggressively or blatantly confrontational. Tags: informal Synonyms: in your face Related terms: in-yer-face Translations (aggressively or blatantly confrontational): gedurfd (Dutch), tape-à-l’œil (French), agressif (French), provokativ (German), aggresiv (German), audace (Italian), nesevis (Norwegian), uforskammet (Norwegian), frentera [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-in-your-face-en-adj-nYPXVout Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

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