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in-your-face

in-your-face
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in yoo r, yawr, yohr feys]
    • /ɪn yʊər, yɔr, yoʊr feɪs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in yoo r, yawr, yohr feys]
    • /ɪn yʊər, yɔr, yoʊr feɪs/

Definitions of in-your-face word

  • adjective in-your-face involving confrontation; defiant; provocative. 1
  • adjective in-your-face bold, provocative 1
  • adjective in-your-face Someone who has an in-your-face attitude seems determined to behave in a way that is unusual or shocking, and does not care what people think of them. 0
  • adjective in-your-face aggressive and confrontational 0
  • adjective in-your-face done, expressed, or presented in a bold, direct, and often aggressive way; confrontational, assertive, daring, etc. 0

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Origin of in-your-face

First appearance:

before 1985
One of the 1% newest English words
First recorded in 1985-90

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for In-your-face

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

in-your-face popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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