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flagrant

UK/ˈfleɪ.ɡɹənt/

flagrant adjective: obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous. Also the misspelling of fragrant.

Adjective

flagrant (comparative more flagrant, superlative most flagrant)

  1. Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.
    • a flagrant, unforgivably outrageous disregard for human life
    • 'Tis certain, therefore, that in all our notions of morals vve never entertain ſuch an abſurdity as that of paſſive obedience, but make allovvances for reſiſtance in the more flagrant inſtances of tyranny and oppreſſion.1740, [David Hume], “Of the Measures of Allegiance”, in A Treatise of Human Nature: […], book III (Of Morals), London: […] Thomas Longman, […], →OCLC, part II (Of Justice and Injustice), pages 163–164
    Synonyms:
    blatant, glaring, gross
  2. (archaic) On fire; flaming.
    Synonyms:
    burning, flaming

Also used as

flagrant is also the misspelling of fragrant.

flagrant meaning in Nepali

flagrant in Nepali

फ्ल्याग्रेन्ट

Examples of flagrant in a sentence

  • His flagrant rulebreaking earned him a demotion.
  • That was the cause of what he calls his "one flagrant mispromise."
  • The sonnets' most flagrant fault lies in the bathoses into which their final couplets fall.

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Synonyms of flagrant

All synonyms of flagrant

Forms of flagrant

comparativemore flagrant
superlativemost flagrant
alternative form (obsolete, rare)flagraunt

Origin of flagrant

From Middle French flagrant, from Latin flagrantem, present participle of flagrare (“blaze, burn”). More at black.

From Latin frāgrans, participle of frāgrō (“smell, reek”).

Words formed from flagrant

Words that rhyme with flagrant

Questions about flagrant

What does flagrant mean?
Flagrant means obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.
What is flagrant in Nepali?
Flagrant in Nepali is फ्ल्याग्रेन्ट. See Flagrant meaning in Nepali.
What part of speech is flagrant?
Flagrant is an adjective.
How do you pronounce flagrant?
Flagrant is pronounced /ˈfleɪ.ɡɹənt/ (UK).

Words near flagrant in the dictionary

  1. flagpost
  2. flagposts
  3. flagrance
  4. flagrancies
  5. flagrancy
  6. flagrant
  7. flagrante delicto
  8. flagrantly
  9. flagrate
  10. flagration
  11. flagrations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flagrant (page history and authors); flagrant (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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