| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Flout.[Websters]
2. To have jibed, mocked, taunted, ridiculed or jeered. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have misprized or despised. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have defied, ignored or disobeyed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have insulted, offenced or outraged. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have jested, derided, gibed, hoaxed or chaffed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have affronted or slurred. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have contemned or depreciated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have bantered or guyed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have belittled or denigrated.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb flout.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (flout) | 1. Treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules".[Wordnet]. 2. Laugh at with contempt and derision.[Wordnet]. 3. To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.[Websters]. 4. To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: flouting, flouted, flouts, flouter, flouters, floutingly and floutedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FLOUTED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FLOUTED
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Mocked; treated with contempt.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Simple past tense and past participle of flout. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: flout
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| To flout | Slang in 1811 | TO FLOUT. To jeer, to ridicule. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
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