IN THE FACE OF

Disobedience

Verb: disobey, violate, infringe; shirk; set at defiance; (defy); set authority at naught, run riot, fly in the face of; take the law into one's own hands; kick over the traces.

Insolence

Domineer, bully, dictate, hector; lord it over; traiter de haut en bas, regarder de haut en bas; exact; snub, huff., beard, fly in the face of; put to the blush; bear down, beat down; browbeat, intimidate; trample down, tread down, trample under foot; dragoon, ride roughshod over.

Manifestation

Adverb: manifestly, openly; Adjective: before one's eyes, under one's nose, to one's face, face to face, above board, cartes sur table, on the stage, in open court, in the open streets; in market overt; in the face of day, face of heaven; in broad daylight, in open daylight; without reserve; at first blush, prima facie, on the face of; in set terms.

Misjudgment

Verb: misjudge, misestimate, misthink, misconjecture, misconceive; (error); fly in the face of facts; miscalculate, misreckon, miscompute.

Obstinacy

Verb: be obstinate; Adjective: stickle, take no denial, fly in the face of facts; opinionate, be wedded to an opinion, hug a belief; have one's own way; (will); persist; (persevere) a; have the last word, insist on having the last word.

Opposition

Verb: oppose, counteract, run counter to; withstand; (resist); control; (restrain); hinder; antagonize, oppugn, fly in the face of, go dead against, kick against, fall afoul of, run afoul of; set against, pit against; face, confront, cope with; make a stand, make a dead set against; set oneself against, set one's face against; protest against, vote against, raise one;s voice against; disfavor, turn one's back upon; set at naught, slap in the face, slam the door in one's face.

In spite, in despite, in defiance; in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of; across; athwart, overthwart; where the shoe pinches; in spite of one's teeth.

Presence

Adverb: here, there, where, everywhere, aboard, on board, at home, afield; here there and everywhere; (space); in presence of, before; under the eyes of, under the nose of; in the face of; in propria persona.

Resistance

Kick, kick against; recalcitrate, kick against the pricks; oppose; fly in the face of; lift the hand against; (attack); rise up in arms; (war); strike, turn out; draw up a round robin; (remonstrate); revolt; (disobey); make a riot.

Crosswords: IN THE FACE OF

Wit in the face of adversity! (Sleuth; writing credit: Anthony Shaffer)

You have to set an example even in the face of stupidity. (Crimson Tide; writing credit: Michael Schiffer. filmmaker Quentin Tarantino revised portions of the dialogue)

It isn't easy remaining calm in the face of excessive praise from The Daily Telegraph. (Carrington; writing credit: Christopher Hampton; Michael Holroyd)

Danger? I laugh in the face of danger! (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

You are talking to a man who has laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom and chuckled at catastrophe. (The Wizard of Oz; writing credit: L. Frank Baum; Noel Langley)

Girl, ain't no kindness in the face of strangers (HUMAN TOUCH; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

Daniel you're a star in the face of the sky (Daniel; performing artist: Elton John)

Laughing in the face of love (Instant Karma; performing artist: John Lennon)

A person who smiles in the face of adversity probably has a scapegoat. (references; author: unknown)

In the Face of the World (1956)

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Books

• Not in the Face of the Enemy: Canadians Awarded the Air Force Cross and Air Force Medal, 1918-1966 (reference)

• Guarding the Gospel of Grace: Contending for the Faith in the Face of Compromise (Galatians and Jude (reference)

• They Rose Above It: True Stories About Men, Women, and Children Who Fought Back in the Face of Pain, Doubt, and Dismay (reference)

• Faith in the Face of Apostasy: The Gospel According to Elijah and Elisha (The Gospel According to the Old Testament) (reference)

• Relentless Love: God's Faithfulness in the Face of Human Failure (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Farmer and sons walking in the face of a dust storm. Cimarron County, Oklahoma. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The other classes decay and finally disappear in the face of Modern Industry; the proletariat is its special and essential product. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The imminent insurrection gathered its storm calmly in the face of the government.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

It is our responsibility to remain reasonable and sympathetic, even in the face of the frustration and anger that may be present. (references)

Women receiving tocolytic therapy are candidates for antenatal corticosteroids to accelerate fetal maturation in the face of threatened premature delivery. (references)

It is characterized by compulsive, at times uncontrollable drug craving, seeking, and use that persist even in the face of extremely negative consequences. (references)

Business

In recent years, in the face of increased competition, the U.S. market share of U.K. long-haul travel has dipped, but as of 1998 it was on the rise again. (references)

The Kenya economy continues to experience turbulent times in the face of slow growth, power and water shortages and inadequate economic and political reforms being implemented. (references)

The U.S. share of the import market was approximately 55 percent in 1999. That is estimated to decline to 50 percent in 2000 in the face of strong price competition from Asian imports. (references)

Economic History

Japan

Finally, Japan has a history of economic success in the face of daunting obstacles. (references)

Tunisia

TUNISIA IS A MAJOR OLIVE OIL PRODUCER BUT EXPORTS DECREASED BY OVER ONE THIRD IN THE FACE OF STIFF COMPETITION FROM EUROPEAN PRODUCERS. (references)

Botswana

Opportunities to expand food production in the face of chronic water shortages could make Botswana a food exporter to the rest of the region. (references)

Human Rights

Colombia

Within the FARC-controlled despeje zone, local FARC leaders effectively supplanted judicial authorities and declared the establishment of an alternative, FARC-run "justice system." In the face of FARC intimidation, all elements of the civilian judiciary fled the zone. (references)

Russia

Press reports citing serving and former armed forces personnel, the Military Procurator's Office, and NGO's monitoring conditions in the armed forces indicated that this mistreatment often includes the extortion of money or material goods in the face of the threat of increased hazing or actual beatings. (references)

Indigenous People

Bangladesh

The Garos of the Modhupur forest region in the north-central part of the country continue to face problems in maintaining their cultural traditions and livelihoods in the face of deforestation and encroachment by surrounding Bengali communities. (references)

Minorities

Algeria

Amazigh nationalists have sought to maintain their own cultural and linguistic identity in the face of the Government's continued Arabization program. (references)

Political Economy

BOLIVIA

The past two governments attempted to revise the Labor Code but desisted in the face of COB opposition. (references)

Colombia

Popular support for these organizations grew as guerrilla violence increased in the face of a slowly evolving peace process. (references)

Trade

Brazil

However, in March 2001 a waiver was given to Argentina, in the face of severe economic difficulties, to temporarily raise extra-bloc tariffs on a large number of consumer goods to 35 percent and reduce tariffs on a large number of capital goods to zero. (references)

Travel

Korea

The social concept, economic necessity, and cultural desire of a double income family are still in their infant stages in Korea, although this is rapidly changing in the face of changing economic times. (references)

Worker Rights

Libya

A public sector wage freeze imposed in 1981 remains in effect and has eroded real income significantly, particularly in the face of consistently high inflation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "IN THE FACE OF": fly in the face of ♦ fly in the face of authority ♦ in the face of day ♦ To fly in the face of. Additional references.

Albanian

përballë (before, in front of, opposite, versus, vis-� -vis), pa marrë parasysh, megjithë (after, for). (various references)

Arabic 

‏في مواجهة (on the face of it), ‏تجاه (against), ‏إزاء (versus), ‏بالرغم من (for all that). (various references)

Bulgarian 

опълчвам се срещу (fly in the face of), предизвиквам (arouse, bring, bring on, dare, defy, elicit, engender, fly in the face of, give birth, give rise to, give to rise, induce, instigate, invite, outbrave, pick, provoke, raise, rouse, set up, shape up, sow, stump, throw out a challenge, touch off, urge, work up). (various references)

Czech

pohrdat kým (fly in the face of). (various references)

French

vis � vis, malgré (in spite of), en face de (in exchange for, in the front), dans la direction de. (various references)

German

angesichts (in light of, in view of). (various references)

Greek 

πετάω στο πρώσοπό του (fly in the face of), παραβαίνω (contravene, fly in the face of, infringe, offend, overstep, transgress, trespass, violate), αψηφώ (beard, brave, dare, defy, disregard, flout, fly in the face of, ignore, mock, outface, slight, snub). (various references)

Hebrew 

לפעול ב� �'ו�" ל- (fly in the face of), ל�"מרות את פי (fly in the face of). (various references)

Hungarian

valaki jelenlétében. (various references)

Italian

in faccia di. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

物ともせず (in defiance of). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ものともせず (in defiance of). (various references)

Pig Latin

inay ethay acefay ofay

Portuguese

a despeito de (after, despite of, in respect of, in spite of, notwithstanding). (various references)

Romanian

în prezenţã (fore), în faţa (against, before), în ciuda (despite, for all, in defiance of, in despite of, in spite of, notwithstanding, with). (various references)

Russian 

на глазах, перед лицом. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

usprotiviti se nečemu (fly in the face of), suočen sa (face: in the face of). (various references)

Spanish

en vista de (considering), en presencia de (before, in the presence of), en frente (in the front, opp., opposite), ante (ago, before, buckskin, elk, in front of, of, suede, to). (various references)

Swedish

trots (defiance, defiantly, despite, in spite of, inspite, notwithstandig, notwithstanding, obstinacy, regardless of, scorn, with), ställd inför. (various references)

Turkish

karşısında (across, before, in front of, opposite, over against). (various references)

Ukrainian

серед білого дня (broad daylight, in the face of day), не приховуючись (in the face of day). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: affection.

-3 letters: caffeine, echinate, inchoate.

-4 letters: acetone, achiote, aconite, affiche, caffein, chiffon, faction, faience, fiancee, fifteen, fitchee, offence.

-5 letters: acetin, achene, action, aeonic, affect, affine, atonic, canthi, cation, cenote, centai, cetane, chaine, chiton, coatee, coffee, coffin, coiffe, confit, efface, effect, enatic, enface, entice, ethane, ethion, ethnic, facete, fetich, fiance, haffet, haffit, infect, noetic, notice.

+5 letters: enterochromaffin.