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Definition of Flout
1. Verb. Treat with contemptuous disregard. "Flout the rules"
Generic synonyms: Brush Aside, Brush Off, Discount, Dismiss, Disregard, Ignore, Push Aside
Derivative terms: Flouter, Scoff, Scoffer, Scoffing
2. Verb. Laugh at with contempt and derision. "The crowd jeered at the speaker"
Generic synonyms: Bait, Cod, Rag, Rally, Razz, Ride, Tantalise, Tantalize, Taunt, Tease, Twit
Derivative terms: Flouter, Gibe, Jeer, Jeerer, Jeering, Scoff, Scoffer, Scoffing
Definition of Flout
1. v. t. To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.
2. v. i. To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at.
3. n. A mock; an insult.
Definition of Flout
1. Verb. To express contempt for the rules by word or action. ¹
2. Verb. To scorn. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flout
1. to treat with contempt [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flout
Literary usage of Flout
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Etymological English Dictionary:: Containing an Additional ...by Nathan Bailey by Nathan Bailey (1737)
"... of Guy of * To GIB'BER, to flout, to chatter, ... her erJ Part being bunch'd
out, or convex. to jeer, mock, or flout. ..."
2. Heroes and Heroines of Fiction: Modern Prose and Poetry; Famous Characters by William Shepard Walsh (1914)
"... mongering boys That lie and cog and flout, deprave and slander WALTER RALEIGH:
Shakespeare. Claudius, King of Denmark, in Shakespeare's tragedy, Hamlet, ..."
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