IN-YOUR-FACE Synonyms

• aggressively self-assured

• invulnerable to fear or intimidation

• unrestrained by convention or propriety

• disposed to venture or take risks

• fearless and daring

• a typeface with thick heavy lines

• clear and distinct

• very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

• offensively bold

• made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)

• unrestrained by convention or propriety

• face with defiance or impudence

• of or relating to confrontation

• direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short

• straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action

• in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

• moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

• similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity

• (of a current) flowing in one direction only

• without deviation

• having no intervening persons, agents, conditions

• being an immediate result or consequence

• in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

• lacking compromising or mitigating elements

• command with authority

• intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

• guide the actors in (plays and films)

• govern or manage

• take somebody somewhere

• cause to go somewhere

• point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

• lead, as in the performance of a composition

• give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction

• specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

• put an address on (an envelope)

• plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

• characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical)

• forceful and definite in expression or action

• at or near or directed toward the front

• used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty

• of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle

• the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey

• a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team

• at or to or toward the front; forward

• forward in time or order or degree

• toward the future; forward in time

• in a forward direction

• near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane

• moving forward

• send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit

• characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality

• not pertinent to the matter under consideration

• improperly forward or bold

• marked by casual disrespect

• improperly forward or bold

• marked by casual disrespect

• unrestrained by convention or propriety

• sticking out; protruding

• undesirably noticeable

• expecting unquestioning obedience

• having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

• excessively forward

• marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative

• lacking civility or good manners

• socially incorrect in behavior

• (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

• (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes

• belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

• frank and honest