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Antonyms for flagrant
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : fley-gruhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfleɪ grənt |
Definition of flagrant
Origin :- c.1500, "resplendent," from Latin flagrantem (nominative flagrans) "burning, blazing, glowing," figuratively "glowing with passion, eager, vehement," present participle of flagrare "to burn, blaze, glow" from Latin root *flag-, corresponding to PIE *bhleg- "to shine, flash, burn" (cf. Greek phlegein "to burn, scorch," Latin fulgere "to shine"), from root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach (v.)). Sense of "glaringly offensive" first recorded 1706, probably from common legalese phrase in flagrante delicto "red-handed," literally "with the crime still blazing." Related: Flagrantly.
- adj flaunting, blatant; without shame
- He realized that his conduct was too flagrant to admit of defense, so he attempted none.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Some of the most flagrant of these, if not encouraged, have at least been sanctioned by the whites.
- Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
- Now, however, the wrong was so flagrant that she resolved to speak to her son.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- It is painfully necessary to avoid open and flagrant scandal.
- Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
- And yet the treachery and the deceit were so flagrant that surely no condonation was possible.
- Extract from : « Olive in Italy » by Moray Dalton
- They ended their sinful career by open and flagrant mutiny and were shot for it.
- Extract from : « Soldiers Three, Part II. » by Rudyard Kipling
- We have a right to protest when the offence is open and flagrant.
- Extract from : « My Contemporaries In Fiction » by David Christie Murray
- Du Faur declaimed against the flagrant abuses of the church.
- Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
- I was a little scandalised at this flagrant tribute to the enemy, and said so.
- Extract from : « The Right Stuff » by Ian Hay
- When you ask the objector to go to war, you invite him to commit a flagrant sin.
- Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
Synonyms for flagrant
- arrant
- atrocious
- awful
- bare-faced
- bold
- brazen
- capital
- conspicuous
- crying
- disgraceful
- dreadful
- egregious
- enormous
- flagitous
- flaming
- flashy
- glaring
- grody
- gross
- hanging out
- heinous
- immodest
- infamous
- noticeable
- notorious
- obvious
- open
- ostentatious
- out-and-out
- outrageous
- rank
- scandalous
- shameful
- shameless
- shocking
- stick out like sore thumb
- striking
- undisguised
- wicked
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