Flout

Definition: Flout

Flout

Verb

1. Treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules".

2. Laugh or scoff at; "The crowd jeered at the speaker".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "flout" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references)

Synonyms: Flout

Contempt

Point the finger of scorn, hold up to scorn, laugh to scorn; scout, hoot, flout, hiss, scoff at.

Disrespect

Hiss, hoot, boo, gibe, flout, jeer, scoff, gleek, taunt, sneer, quip, fling, wipe, slap in the face.

Have in derision; hold in derision; deride, scoff, barrack, sneer, laugh at, ridicule, gibe, mock, jeer, hiss, hoot, taunt, twit, niggle, gleek, gird, flout, fleer; roast, turn into ridicule; burlesque; laugh to scorn; (contempt); smoke; fool; make game of, make a fool of, make an April fool of; play a practical joke; lead one a dance, run the rig upon, have a fling at, scout; mob.

Crosswords: Flout

Manx (affront, aspersion, gibe, invective, rebuff, rebuttal, reproach, scorn, slander, snub, stigma, taunt, vituperation).

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "flout": flout at. Additional references.

Albanian

fyerje (affront, contumely, displeasure, grievance, indignity, injury, insult, offence, opprobrium, resentment, umbrage, vituperation), veprim përçmues, tallje (banter, derision, dig, fleer, gibe, gird, jeer, jesting, jibe, joke, mock, mockery, pleasantry, quiz, ridicule, satire, scoff, sneer, snook, Snoot, spoof, sport, taunt, twit), tallem (fool about, fool around, hoax, jape, jeer, joke, laugh at, make fun of, make smb. laugh, make sport of, mock, quiz, scoff), përqeshje (derision, mock, mockery, mop, scoff, sneering, taunt), përçmoj (cheapen, contemn, despise, disdain, disesteem), nuk përfill (disregard), kundërshtoj (censure, challenge, combat, condemn, contest, contradict, controvert, counter, cross, demur, deprecate, discountenance, discourage, dispute, fly in the face of, gainsay, impugn, kick, mind, object, oppose, oppugn, protest, react, rebel, rebuke, rebut, recalcitrate, refuse, resist, retort, set one's face against, stick to, stickle, Stonewall, take exception to). (various references)

Arabic 

‏هزأ (mock, poke fun), ‏هزء (gibe, scoff, sneer), ‏إهانة (affront, crinkle, degradation, despite, dishonor, dishonour, indignity, injury, insolence, insult, mortification, offence, reflection, reflexion, slap, slur, tawdriness, umbrage), ‏إستهان (disparage), ‏أهان (abase oneself, affront, debase, degrade, dishonor, dishonour, give offence, give offense, injure, insult, malign, offend, oppress, outrage, revile, slap, slight, take offence, take offense). (various references)

Bulgarian 

оскърбление (abuse, affront, contumely, galling, hurt, insult, knock, offence, outrage), надсмивам се (fleer, jape, jeer, rail), проявявам презрение към, пренебрегвам (disregard, flaunt, ignore, laugh at, lay aside, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass over, pass up, pretermit, put by, shrug off, sink, sit on, slight, wave aside, wave away), пренебрежение (depreciation, dispraise, disregard, slight), подигравка (dig, gibe, gird, jape, jeer, jest, jibe, mock, mockery, ridicule, rub, scoff, sneer, snub, sport, twit, wipe). (various references)

Chinese 

嘲笑 (Derisive, Flouted, Flouting, Gibed, Gibing, jeer, Jeered, jeering, Jeers, mock, Mocked, mocking). (various references)

Czech

bagatelizovat (belittle, disparage, downgrade, downplay, play down). (various references)

French

faire fi de, se moquer de, mépriser (fleer), méprise (fleer), bafouiller, bafouer. (various references)

German

spotten (be derisive, deride, derision, gibe, jape, jeer, jeer at, jibe, make fun of, mock, mock fun, mockery, ridicule, scoff, scorn, sneer, taunt, to mock), missachten (despise, disdain, disregard, ignore, to disobey, to disregard). (various references)

Greek 

χλευάζω (deride, fleer, gibe, gird, jeer, mock, pish, rail, scoff, sneer, taunt), εμπαιγμόσ (jeer, making fun of, mockery, persiflage, raillery, scoff), αψηφώ (beard, brave, dare, defy, disregard, fly in the face of, ignore, mock, outface, slight, snub). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תיחס בבטול, לבוז (contemn, despise, disdain, mock at, scorn). (various references)

Hungarian

gúnyolódás (gibe, irony, jape, jeer, jibe, mock, raillery, rallying, sarcasm, scoff, scoffing, taunt). (various references)

Indonesian

mengolok-olok. (various references)

Italian

schernire (gibe, jeer, jibe, mock at, taunt), insultare (abuse, affront, insult, offend, revile), disprezzare (contemn, despise, disdain, dispise, look down on, scorn), canzonare (banter, deride, joke, make fun of, razz, ridicule, satirize, tease, twit), burla (joke, practical joke, prank, quiz, trick). (various references)

Manx

jannoo beg jeh (belittle, condemn, debunk, depreciate, depreciation, discount, disparage, disparagement). (various references)

Pig Latin

outflay.(various references)

Portuguese

zombaria (chaff, fleer, gibe, gird, jeer, jibe, mock, mockery, persiflage, ragging, raillery, ridicule, scoff, slyness, sneer, sport), zombar de (chaff, rag, ridicule, sneer), troça (mockery, persiflage, ragging, raillery, ridicule), mofar (get mouldy, jeer, mold, mould, scoff), escarnecer (deride, engirdle, fleer, gibe, gird, jeer, jeer at, jibe, laugh, make fun of, mock, scoff), escárnio (derision, fleer, fling, gibe, gird, jeer, jibe, mock, mockery, ridicule, scoff, sneer, taunt), desprezar (contemn, despise, disdain, disesteem, forget, laugh off, look down, look down on, misprise, misprize, scorn, sneeze, undervalue). (various references)

Romanian

neluare în seamã (go by), dispreţ (contempt, despite, disdain, disregard, haughtiness, odium, scorn, spurn), batjocori (abuse, bemock, deride, disdain, rape, satirize, scoff, scorn, shame, taunt, violate), bãtaie de joc (banter, derision, mockery, sport). (various references)

Russian 

насмешка (derision, dig, gibe, gird, jeer, jest, jibe, piss-take, quiz, scoff, scorn, taunt, twit), пренебрегать (contemn, disdain, disregard, neglect, set aside, slighted, slighting, slights), пренебрежение (depreciation, disdain, disparagement, disregard, neglect, scorn). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

rugati se (bullyrag, deride, gibe, gird, jape, jeer, jest, mock, poke fun, ridicule, scoff), podsmeh (jibe, ridicule, scoff, sneer, spectacle, taunt), ne pokoravati se. (various references)

Spanish

no hacer caso de (ignore, neglect, override), mofarse de (jeer, laugh at, mock, ridicule, scoff), incumplir (break, leak, tear, tear up, throw over), burlarse de (banter, deride, gibe, jibe, laugh at, make fun of, make play of, mock, quiz, rib). (various references)

Swedish

håna (deride, gibe, jeer, jeer at, jibe, make fun of, mock, scoff, sneer, taunt). (various references)

Turkish

takmamak (be disregardful of, disregard, fly in the face of, leave off, not to attach, piss on smth.), küçümsemek (belittle, contemn, defy, depreciate, despise, disdain, look down on, make light of, minimize, pooh pooh, scorn, sneer, underestimate, underrate, undervalue), burun kıvırmak (consider unimportant, pooh pooh, sniff, turn up one's nose), alay etmek (deride, gibe, gird at, gird at smb., give smb. a roasting, groove, guy, hold in derision, ironize, jape, jeer, jeer at, jibe, jolly, Josh, laugh at, make a game of, make a jest of, make fun of, make merry over, mock, poke fun, poke fun at smb., pull smb.'s leg, razz, ridicule, roast, rot, scoff, take the mickey out of smb., taunt). (various references)

Ukrainian

глузувати (banter, jeer, jest, poke fun, quirk, scoff, sneer, taunt, twit), глузування (banter, dig, gibe, jeer, jest, mock, outfling, scoff, send up, sneer, twit, wipe, witticism), знущатися (bemock, guy, jeer, scorn), знущання (jeer, victimization). (various references)

Welsh

wfftio (cry fie, scout). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "flout": flouted, flouter, flouters, flouting, flouts. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Flout" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alout, blout, ffloute, fhout, Fileout, Fillou, flaut, flauto, floit, flont, floot, flopt, flot, Floto, flou, floud, floue, floun, flount, flous, floute, flouty, fluit, fluo, flut, Fojut, folit, fouet, foult, fout, Fouta, frout. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: foul, loft, lout, tofu, tolu.

-2 letters: flu, fou, lot, oft, out.

-3 letters: lo, of, to, ut.

+1 letter: flouts, outfly, potful, topful, tufoli.

+2 letters: boatful, fallout, floruit, flouted, flouter, foldout, foulest, outfall, outfeel, outfelt, outflew, outflow, outfool, potfuls, poutful, toilful, topfull.

+3 letters: boastful, boatfuls, clubfoot, doubtful, fallouts, flameout, floruits, flouters, flouting, fluorite, foldouts, fourthly, loathful, moistful, mouthful, outbluff, outfable, outfalls, outfeels, outfield, outflank, outflies, outflown, outflows, outfools, slothful, sportful, worthful, wrothful, youthful.