flout

[ flout ]

/ flaʊt /

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verb (used with object)

to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock: to flout the rules of propriety.

verb (used without object)

to show disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff, mock, or gibe (often followed by at).

noun

a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.

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Origin of flout

1350–1400; Middle English flouten to play the flute; compare Dutch fluiten to play the flute, jeer

usage note for flout

See flaunt.

OTHER WORDS FROM flout

flout·er, nounflout·ing·ly, adverbun·flout·ed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH flout

flaunt flout (see usage note at flaunt)

Words nearby flout

flour mite, flour moth, flourish, flourishing, floury, flout, flow, flow breccia, flow chart, flow cleavage, flow country

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Example sentences from the Web for flout

It was a big story—indicating that Israel was continuing to flout international law to prevent Hezbollah from getting weapons.
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Republicans could flout their own resentments and true believers.
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He chose the country and let Alice flout contemporary morals, carousing and smoking in public.
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Conservative men were alarmed by the evident willingness of some members to flout a solemn decree of that eminent tribunal.
History of the United States|Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard

Mayhap she'll cry a bit, or flout the duke, or laugh at his ways.
Nancy Stair|Elinor Macartney Lane
And the new critics, who never heard Thalberg, have the impertinence to flout him, to make merry at his fantasias.
Old Fogy|James Huneker
He is prone to flout his neighbours; but later this will help him to hold his own in merry company.
The Legend of Ulenspiegel|Charles de Coster
It was as though the man were plotting with a disobedient daughter to flout him as a father.
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British Dictionary definitions for flout

flout

/ (flaʊt) /

verb

(when intr, usually foll by at) to show contempt (for); scoff or jeer (at)

Derived forms of flout

flouter, nounfloutingly, adverb

Word Origin for flout

C16: perhaps from Middle English flouten to play the flute, from Old French flauter compare Dutch fluiten; see flute

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See flaunt

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flout

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for flout

verb

Derived forms of flout

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