About The Word Flout
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Flout
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What's The Definition Of Flout?
[v] treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules"
[v] laugh or scoff at; "The crowd jeered at the speaker" Synonyms | Synonyms for Flout: barrack | gibe | jeer | scoff Related Terms | Find terms related to Flout: abase | affront | aspersion | atrocity | back answer | barrack | belittle | blaspheme | break | break the law | brickbat | call names | care naught for | caustic remark | chaff | comeback | contemn | contempt | contravene | contumely | crack | cut | cut at | cutting remark | decry | defy | degrade | denigrate | denounce | deprecate | depreciate | deride | despise | despite | dig | dig at | disdain | dishonor | disobey | disoblige | disparage | disregard | do violence to | dump | dump on | enormity | fleer | fleer at | flouting | foolery | gibe | gibe at | gibing retort | gird | give offense to | go counter to | guy | hold in derision | humiliate | humiliation | hurl a brickbat | ignore | indignity | infringe | injury | insult | jab | jab at | jape | jeer | jeer at | jeering | jest | jibe at | knock | laugh at | laugh to scorn | leg-pull | minimize | misprize | mock | mockery | not conform | not heed | not keep | not listen | not mind | not observe | offend | offense | outrage | Parthian shot | parting shot | pooh | pooh-pooh | put down | put-down | put-on | quip | rag | rail at | rally | rank out | refuse to cooperate | repudiate | revile | ridicule | rude reproach | scoff | scoff at | scorn | scout | scurrility | set at defiance | set at naught | set naught by | short answer | slam | slap | slap at | slight | slight over | sneer | sneer at | spurn | swipe | taunt | trample on | trample underfoot | trample upon | transgress | treat with contempt | treat with indignity | trespass | twit | uncomplimentary remark | verbal thrust | violate See Also | bait | brush aside | brush off | cod | discount | dismiss | disregard | ignore | push aside | rag | rally | razz | ride | tantalise | tantalize | taunt | tease | twit Flout In Webster's Dictionary \Flout\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flouted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flouting}.] [OD. fluyten to play the flute, to jeer, D.
fluiten, fr. fluit, fr. French. See {Flute}.]
To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.
Phillida flouts me. --Walton.
Three gaudy standards flout the pale blue sky. --Byron.
\Flout\, v. i. To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. --Swift. \Flout\, n. A mock; an insult. Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn. --Tennyson. |
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