What does flagrant mean?
Definitions for flagrant
ˈfleɪ grəntfla·grant
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Princeton's WordNet
crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rankadjective
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
"a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Flagrantadjective
Etymology: flagrans, Latin.
A thing which filleth the mind with comfort and heavenly delight, stirreth up flagrant desires and affections, correspondent unto that which the words contain. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 39.
See Sapho, at her toilet’s greasy task,
And issuing flagrant to an evening mask:
So morning insects, that in muck begun,
Shine, buz, and fly-blow in the setting sun. Alexander Pope, Epistles.Their common loves, a lewd abandon’d pack,
The beadle’s lash still flagrant on their back. Matthew Prior.When fraud is great, it furnishes weapons to defend itself; and at worst, if the crimes be so flagrant that a man is laid aside out of perfect shame, he retires loaded with the spoils of the nation. Jonathan Swift.
With equal poize let steddy justice sway,
And flagrant crimes with certain vengeance pay;
But, ’till the proofs are clear, the stroke delay. Smith.
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flagrant
Flagrant refers to something that is shockingly noticeable or evident due to its negative nature. It is usually used to describe actions that are extremely or deliberately bad, wrong, or offensive.
Webster Dictionary
Flagrantadjective
flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent
Flagrantadjective
actually in preparation, execution, or performance; carried on hotly; raging
Flagrantadjective
flaming into notice; notorious; enormous; heinous; glaringly wicked
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Flagrant
flā′grant, adj. glaring: notorious: enormous.—ns. Flā′grance, Flā′grancy.—adv. Flā′grantly. [L. flagrans, pr.p. of flagrāre, to burn.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of flagrant in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of flagrant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of flagrant in a Sentence
State Department spokesman John Kirby:
His abduction, his detention and now conviction on baseless charges demonstrated a flagrant disregard by Russian authorities for the rule of law and raises serious concerns regarding Russia's compliance with its international legal obligations.
Veteran China expert Mike Chinoy:
This is really the first time that we've seen in such an over flagrant way -- irrespective of the international fallout -- that the Chinese government and security services have been going around and literally just taking people from other countries and spiriting them back to China.
We hope that the authorities will take the opportunity of this release to review Qatar's criminal justice system and ensure that such flagrant violations of the right to freedom of expression are not repeated. This case has been a blight on Qatar's international reputation.
You have every right to be an idiot. What you don't have the right to do is you don't have the right to harass shopkeepers, you don't have the right to scare people away from downtown and from those stores at their busiest time of year, and you don't have the right to expose your children to this. This is flagrant behaviour that puts other people at risk … we [city Council] have far better things we should be doing with our time than dealing with these people [CoVID-19 anti-mask protestors].
We're disappointed that The Supreme Court won't consider the President Donald Trump administration's flagrant abuse of the law to fast-track border wall construction, the Trump administration has made a mockery of the Constitution to build an enormously destructive wall. We'll continue to fight these illegal waivers and do everything possible to prevent further damage to the beautiful borderlands.
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