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Definitions for Flout

[1] to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock: to flout the rules of propriety.
[2] to show disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff, mock, or gibe (often followed by at ).
[3] a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.
[4] (when intr, usually foll by at ) to show contempt (for); scoff or jeer (at)

Words related to Flout

spurn, repudiate, defy, scorn, disregard, mock, gibe, quip, slight, taunt, jeer, ridicule, scoff, insult, outrage, gird, deride, sneer, affront

Words nearby Flout

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

Origin of Flout

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

Words that may be confused with Flout

flaunt, flout, (see, usage, note, at, flaunt)

Other words from Flout

flout·er , noun
flout·ing·ly , adverb
un·flout·ed , adjective

Word origin for Flout

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

Synonyms for Flout

defy, disregard, mock, repudiate, scorn, spurn, affront, deride, gibe, gird, insult, jeer, outrage, quip, ridicule, scoff, slight, sneer, taunt, laugh at, thumb nose at