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in your face

in your face is the alternative form of in-your-face.

Meaning of in-your-face

Adjective

in-your-face (comparative more in-your-face, superlative most in-your-face)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) Aggressively or blatantly confrontational.
    • But the firm’s in-your-face attitude—and the relentless pressure to perform—takes its toll.2011 July 18, John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN

Interjection

  1. (idiomatic, often, sarcastic) A derisive and contemptuous exclamation of triumph over one's interlocutor.
    • I got picked for the cheerleading squad, and YOU didn't. In your face!

Forms of in your face

comparativemore in your face
superlativemost in your face

Questions about in your face

What does in your face mean?
In your face means a derisive and contemptuous exclamation of triumph over one's interlocutor.
What is in your face the alternative form of?
In your face is the alternative form of in-your-face.
What part of speech is in your face?
In your face is an interjection.

Words near in your face in the dictionary

  1. in with a shout
  2. in witness whereof
  3. in words of one syllable
  4. in writing
  5. in your dreams
  6. in your face
  7. in your wildest dreams
  8. In'guraidhoo
  9. in's
  10. in't
  11. in-

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Adapted from Wiktionary: in your face (page history and authors); in-your-face (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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