Synonyms for arrant

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ar-uhnt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈær ənt

Définition of arrant

Origin : late 14c., variant of errant (q.v.); at first merely derogatory, "wandering, vagrant;" then (1540s) acquiring a meaning "thoroughgoing, downright, notorious."

adj flagrant

Example sentences :

"I'm afraid you're an arrant little coquette," said Katherine indulgently.
Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke

But they are all arrant cowards, and fear to approach me—fear even to come into this wood.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

This made me think that my correspondent was an arrant block-head.
Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

If the old woman has got any arrant at all, it's likely it's to your mother and me.
Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 » by Various

He was an arrant coward like the most of his downtrodden race.
Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White

Why, this is an arrant counterfeit rascal; a cut-purse; I remember him now.
Extract from : « King Henry the Fifth » by William Shakespeare

For in this matter of smittal plagues we Highlanders are the most arrant cowards.
Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro

"You'll see that he'll come back an arrant puppy," quoth Michael Howe.
Extract from : « Town Versus Country » by Mary Russell Mitford

This arrant rogue was only a petty knave that any one could dupe.
Extract from : « Samuel Brohl & Company » by Victor Cherbuliez

To doubt what they believed could only be ascribed to arrant folly or to wickedness.
Extract from : « The Hero » by William Somerset Maugham

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