flout
US: /ˈfɫaʊt/
UK: /flˈaʊt/
UK: /flˈaʊt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
flout /flout/
- danh từ (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ)
- hành động miệt thị; lời nói miệt thị; lời lăng nhục
- sự chế giễu; lời chế giễu, lời chê bai
- động từ
- coi thường, miệt thị; lăng nhục
- to flout a person's advice: coi thường lời khuyên của ai
- to flout at somebody: miệt thị ai
- chế giễu, chế nhạo
- coi thường, miệt thị; lăng nhục
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
[VN] to show that you have no respect for a law, etc. by openly not obeying it
Synonym: DEFY
Motorists regularly flout the law. + to flout authority / convention
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
deride, scorn, disdain, contemn, spurn, decry, denounce, misprize, blaspheme, depreciate, degrade, abase, belittle, minimize, deprecate, disparage, denigrate, mock, jeer, guy, ridicule, scoff, sneer, gibe or jibe (at), taunt, twit, insult, affront, Archaic fleer; Colloq put down, chaff, rag, knock:
When introduced in the sixties, miniskirts brazenly flouted convention.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
deliberately, openly
The protesters have openly flouted the law.
Concise English dictionary
flouts|flouted|floutingflaʊt
verb
+treat with contemptuous disregard
+laugh at with contempt and derision
