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Definitions for Flouting
[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 Flouting
floutspurn, repudiate, defy, scorn, disregard, mock, gibe, quip, slight, taunt, jeer, ridicule, scoff, insult, outrage, gird, deride, sneer, affront
Words nearby Flouting
floutflour mite, flour moth, flourish, flourishing, floury, flout, flow, flow breccia, flow chart, flow cleavage, flow country
Origin of Flouting
1350–1400; Middle English flouten to play the flute; compare Dutch fluiten to play the flute, jeer
Words that may be confused with Flouting
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, floutflaunt, flout, (see, usage, note, at, flaunt)
Other words from Flouting
flout·er , noun
flout·ing·ly , adverb
un·flout·ed , adjective
Word origin for Flouting
C16: perhaps from Middle English flouten to play the flute, from Old French flauter compare Dutch fluiten ; see flute
Synonyms for Flouting
defy, disregard, mock, repudiate, scorn, spurn, affront, deride, gibe, gird, insult, jeer, outrage, quip, ridicule, scoff, slight, sneer, taunt, laugh at, thumb nose at