flagrant
[ fley-gruhnt ]
/ ˈfleɪ grənt /
adjective
shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
notorious; scandalous: a flagrant crime; a flagrant offender.
Archaic.
blazing, burning, or glowing.
Origin of flagrant
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin
flagrant- (stem of
flagrāns), present participle of
flagrāre to burn; see
-ant
SYNONYMS FOR flagrant
2
disgraceful,
monstrous,
egregious.
Flagrant,
glaring,
gross,
outrageous,
rank are adjectives suggesting extreme offensiveness.
Flagrant, with a root sense of flaming or flaring, suggests evil or immorality so evident that it cannot be ignored or overlooked:
a flagrant violation of the law.
Glaring, meaning “shining brightly,” is similar to
flagrant in emphasizing conspicuousness but usually lacks the imputation of immorality:
a glaring error in computing the interest.
Gross, which basically signifies excessive size, is even more negative in implication than the foregoing two terms, suggesting a mistake or impropriety of major proportions:
a gross miscarriage of justice.
Outrageous describes acts so far beyond the limits of decent behavior or accepted standards as to be totally insupportable:
an outrageous abuse of the public trust.
Rank, with its suggestion of bad odor, describes open offensiveness of the most objectionable kind, inviting total and unalloyed disapprobation:
rank dishonesty, stinking to high heaven; Only rank stupidity would countenance such a step.
OTHER WORDS FROM flagrant
Words nearby flagrant
flagitious,
flagler,
flagman,
flagon,
flagpole,
flagrant,
flagrante delicto,
flags,
flagship,
flagstad,
flagstaff
Example sentences from the Web for flagrantly
British Dictionary definitions for flagrantly
flagrant
/ (ˈfleɪɡrənt) /
adjective
openly outrageous
obsolete
burning or blazing
Derived forms of flagrant
flagrancy, flagrance or flagrantness, noun flagrantly, adverbWord Origin for flagrant
C15: from Latin
flagrāre to blaze, burn