flout
verb (used with object)
to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock.
is flouting
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present progressiveof flout (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But there policies on how to do so that he alleges she is flouting.
From Fox News ● Jan. 25, 2022
Especially when said cop is flouting rules everyone else is supposed to obey?
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2021
A: Public draping might be a bit much, but I don’t think either of them is flouting social conventions to such an extreme that you have the right to tell them to cut it out.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2016
Mr. Rubio by contrast is flouting the usual rules, playing everywhere at once and nowhere on top.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2016
Taffy is struggling with some part of his dress that declines to fall into a right position, and Lilian is flouting him merrily for the evident inexperience he betrays.
From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
