flout

[Flout]

To flout is to scorn or show contempt for. "I flout the law and the concept of civilian safety by making a concerted effort to jaywalk every time I cross a street."

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To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.

Verb
treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules"

Verb
laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"


v. t.
To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.

v. i.
To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at.

n.
A mock; an insult.


Flout

Flout , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Flouting.] [OD. fluyten to play the flute, to jeer, D. fluiten, fr. fluit, fr. French. See Flute.] To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.
Phillida flouts me.
Three gaudy standarts lout the pale blue sky.

Flout

Flout, v. i. To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at.
Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout.

Flout

Flout, n. A mock; an insult.
Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn.

To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.

To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at.

A mock; an insult.

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