Usually means: Aggressively direct and confrontational approach.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word in-your-face:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. in-your-face: Merriam-Webster
  2. in-your-face: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. in-your-face: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. in-your-face, in-your-face: Collins English Dictionary
  5. in-your-face: Vocabulary.com
  6. in-your-face: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. in-your-face: Wiktionary
  8. in-your-face: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. in-your-face: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. in-your-face: Dictionary.com
  11. in-your-face: Rhymezone
  12. in-your-face: FreeDictionary.org
  13. in-your-face: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. in-your-face: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. in-your-face: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  blatantly aggressive ("On-line hard-boiled in-your-face pornography")

Similar:
confrontational, blatant, straight-faced, hard-hitting, bold-faced, glaring, full-frontal, insistent, sharp-elbowed, obtrusive, more...

Opposite:
subtle, understated, subdued, low-key

Types:
aggressive, confrontational, assertive, pushy, obnoxious, rude, overbearing, intrusive, more...

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Similar:
confrontational, blatant, straight-faced, hard-hitting, bold-faced, glaring, full-frontal, insistent, sharp-elbowed, obtrusive, more...

Opposite:
subtle, understated, subdued, low-key

Types:
aggressive, confrontational, assertive, pushy, obnoxious, rude, overbearing, intrusive, more...



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