flagrant

(flā'grənt)
adj.

1. Conspicuously bad, offensive, or reprehensible: a flagrant miscarriage of justice; flagrant cases of wrongdoing at the highest levels of government. See Usage Note at blatant.
2. Obsolete. Flaming; blazing.

[Latin flagrāns, flagrant-, present participle of flagrāre, to burn.]

flagrancy fla'gran·cy or fla'grance n.
flagrantly fla'grant·ly adv.

SYNONYMS   flagrant, glaring, gross, egregious, rank. These adjectives refer to what is conspicuously bad or offensive. Flagrant applies to what is so offensive that it cannot escape notice: flagrant disregard for the law. What is glaring is blatantly and painfully manifest: a glaring error; glaring contradictions. Gross suggests a magnitude of offense or failing that cannot be condoned or forgiven: gross ineptitude; gross injustice. What is egregious is outrageously bad: an egregious lie. Rank implies that the term it qualifies is as indicated to an extreme, violent, or gross degree: rank stupidity; rank treachery.

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adjective

Conspicuously bad or offensive: arrant, capital, egregious, glaring, gross, rank². See good/bad.

adj

Definition: flaunting, blatant; without shame
Antonyms: concealed, disguised, hidden, mild, moral, restrained, secret, slight, unobtrusive

IN BRIEF: Extremely obvious or conspicuous.

His elders disliked him because he was such a flagrant nonconformist. — Joseph Heller.

Tutor's tip: A "fragrant" (sweet-smelling) summer night was spoiled by the "flagrant" (notorious, outrageous, glaringly bad) foul made in the neighborhood ballgame.

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For a list of words related to flagrant, see:

• Extroverted, Outgoing, Outspoken, or Dramatic
• Excessive, Mad, Insane, or Radical
• Bad, False, Evil, Insincere, or Dishonest

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See words rhyming with "flagrancy."

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - åbenbar, himmelråbende, flagrant

Nederlands (Dutch)
schandalig, openlijk, brandend

Français (French)
adj. - flagrant, scandaleux, notoire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schamlos, schreiend, offensichtlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κατάφωρος, πρόδηλος, καταφανής

Italiano (Italian)
flagrante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - flagrante

Русский (Russian)
ужасный, чудовищный, вопиющий, скандальный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - flagrante, notorio, escandaloso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - flagrant

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
非常的, 恶名昭著的, 不能容忍的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 非常的, 惡名昭著的, 不能容忍的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 눈꼴 사나운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 極悪の, 隠れなき

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) فاضح , أثيم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חסר-בושה, מביש‬

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