: characterized by or expressive of bold and often defiant aggressiveness
in-your-face basketball
also : aggressively intrusive
in-your-face advertising

Examples of in-your-face in a Sentence

an in-your-face attitude that sometimes puts people off
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There’s tons of in-your-face werewolf action, big guns and lots of blood and guts in this throwback flick that would feel right at home in a drive-in double feature. William Earl, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024 India, a team whose 12-year-old unbeaten home record has just been dismantled by New Zealand, taunted them with superior skills and in-your-face backchat. Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 Zesty, but not in a splashy, green in-your-face way. Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024 Think more subtle fir tree imagery and twinkling lights, than in-your-face Christmas decor. Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for in-your-face 

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of in-your-face was in 1982

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“In-your-face.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in-your-face. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

in-your-face

adjective
ˌin-yər-ˌfās
: characterized by bold and often defiant aggressiveness
in-your-face basketball
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