in-your-face

(ĭn′yo͝or′fās′, -yôr′-, -yər-)

adj.

Marked by or done in a bold, defiant, or aggressive manner: in-your-face advertising; an in-your-face challenge to authority.

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in-your-face

adj

slang aggressive and confrontational: provocative in-your-face activism.

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in′-your`-face′

adj.

Informal. confrontational; defiant.

[1975–80]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

in-your-face - blatantly aggressive

aggressive - having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers"

Translations

in-your-face

in-yer-face [ˌɪnjəˈfeɪs] ADJ [attitude, music, theatre] → agresivo y descarado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

in-your-face

, in-yer-face

adj (inf) attitude etc → provokativ

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