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flout
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- pronunciation:
- flaUt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
flouts, flouting, flouted |
| definition: |
to show scorn or contempt for, esp. by openly or deliberately disobeying.
He flouted authority while at school and no one was surprised when he was expelled.The poet flouted the rules of writing by using unorthodox punctuation and no capital letters.- synonyms:
- mock, spurn
- antonyms:
- revere
- similar words:
- defy, deride, disdain, fleer, fly in the face of, insult, refuse, scorn, sneer
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| related words: |
disobey, poke fun at |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to be mocking or scornful (often fol. by "at").
- synonyms:
- mock, spurn
- similar words:
- fleer, scoff, scorn, sneer
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a contemptuous act or remark; act of mockery.
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| derivations: |
floutingly (adv.), flouter (n.) |
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