Flout — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

treat with contemptuous disregard

laugh at with contempt and derision

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/flˈaʊt/

🇬🇧British English

/flˈaʊt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/flˈaʊt/

1 syllable Say it as /flˈaʊt/.

Examples

flout the rules
The crowd jeered at the speaker

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

jeer scoff barrack gibe

Parts of Speech

verb	treat with contemptuous disregard “flout the rules”
verb	laugh at with contempt and derision “The crowd jeered at the speaker”

Word Forms

scoff	noun	showing your contempt by derision
scoffer	noun	someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
scoffing	noun	showing your contempt by derision
flouter	noun	someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
jeerer	noun	someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt or calls out in derision
jeer	noun	showing your contempt by derision
jeering	noun	showing your contempt by derision
gibe	noun	an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Missachtung

mit verächtlicher Missachtung behandeln

🇫🇷French

bafouer

traiter avec un mépris méprisant

🇪🇸Spanish

burlarse de

tratar con desprecio desdeñoso

🇮🇹Italian

beffa

trattare con sprezzante disprezzo

🇳🇱Dutch

negeren

behandelen met minachtende minachting

🇵🇹Portuguese

desprezar

tratar com desrespeito desdenhoso

🇷🇺Russian

пренебрегать

относиться с презрительным пренебрежением

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अवज्ञा

तिरस्कारपूर्ण उपेक्षा के साथ व्यवहार करें

🇧🇩Bengali

ফালতু

অবজ্ঞাপূর্ণ অবহেলার সাথে আচরণ করুন

🇮🇳Tamil

மீறுதல்

இழிவான அலட்சியத்துடன் நடத்துங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

దూకుడు

ధిక్కార నిర్లక్ష్యంతో వ్యవహరించండి

🇮🇳Marathi

फसवणूक

तिरस्कारपूर्ण दुर्लक्षाने वागणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

બદનામ

અપમાનજનક અવગણના સાથે વર્તે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಉದ್ಧಟತನ

ತಿರಸ್ಕಾರದ ನಿರ್ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯದಿಂದ ವರ್ತಿಸಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചോർച്ച

നിന്ദ്യമായ അവഗണനയോടെ പെരുമാറുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਝਗੜਾ

ਅਪਮਾਨਜਨਕ ਅਣਦੇਖੀ ਨਾਲ ਪੇਸ਼ ਆਉਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

بدتمیزی

حقارت آمیز نظر انداز کے ساتھ برتاؤ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

蔑视

轻蔑地对待

🇯🇵Japanese

フラウト

軽蔑的な無視をもって扱う

🇰🇷Korean

비웃다

경멸적으로 대하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khinh suất

đối xử với sự coi thường khinh thường

🇹🇭Thai

ดูถูก

ปฏิบัติโดยไม่ดูถูกเหยียดหยาม

🇮🇩Indonesian

mencemoohkan

memperlakukan dengan mengabaikan menghina

🇵🇭Filipino

paglaway

tratuhin nang may hamak na pagwawalang-bahala

🇲🇾Malay

mencemuh

memperlakukan dengan tidak menghiraukan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الاستهزاء

التعامل مع تجاهل ازدراء

🇮🇷Persian

نادیده گرفتن

با بی اعتنایی تحقیرآمیز رفتار کنید

🇹🇷Turkish

umursamamak

küçümseyici bir umursamazlıkla davranın

🇮🇱Hebrew

לָבוּז

להתייחס בהתעלמות מבזה

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