flagrant

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flagrant

disgraceful; monstrous; obviously evil; shockingly evident: a flagrant miscarriage of justice

Not to be confused with:

blatant – offensively noisy or loud; brazenly obvious: a blatant show of wealth

flagrant

obvious; glaring: flagrant error; disgraceful, egregious; notorious: a flagrant drug dealer

Not to be confused with:

fragrant – having a pleasing aroma; perfumed, aromatic: fragrant flowers

fla·grant

(flā′grənt)

adj.

1. Conspicuously bad, offensive, or reprehensible: a flagrant miscarriage of justice. See Usage Note at blatant.

2. Obsolete Flaming; blazing.

[Latin flagrāns, flagrant-, present participle of flagrāre, to burn; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]

fla′gran·cy, fla′grance n.

fla′grant·ly adv.

Synonyms: flagrant, glaring, gross, egregious, rank²
These adjectives refer to what is conspicuously bad or offensive. Flagrant applies to what is offensive to a serious or appalling degree: flagrant disregard for the law; a flagrant example of racial prejudice.
What is glaring is disturbingly or painfully obvious: a glaring error; glaring contradictions.
Gross suggests a magnitude of offense or failing that cannot be condoned or forgiven: gross ineptitude; gross injustice.
Something egregious is so offensive as to provoke outrage or condemnation: an egregious lie.
What is rank is highly offensive or repugnant: rank stupidity; rank treachery.

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flagrant

(ˈfleɪɡrənt)

adj

1. openly outrageous

2. obsolete burning or blazing

[C15: from Latin flagrāre to blaze, burn]

ˈflagrancy, ˈflagrance, ˈflagrantness n

ˈflagrantly adv

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fla•grant

(ˈfleɪ grənt)

adj.

1. shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.

2. notorious; scandalous: a flagrant offender.

3. Archaic. blazing, burning, or glowing.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin flagrant-, s. of flagrāns, orig. present participle of flagrāre to burn]

fla′gran•cy, fla′grance, n.

fla′grant•ly, adv.

syn: flagrant, glaring, gross suggest something offensive that cannot be overlooked. flagrant implies a conspicuous offense so far beyond the limits of decency as to be insupportable: a flagrant violation of the law. glaring emphasizes conspicuousness but lacks the imputation of evil or immorality: a glaring error by a bank teller. gross suggests a mistake or impropriety of major proportions: a gross miscarriage of justice.

flagrant

, blatant - Flagrant implies shocking and reprehensible, while blatant is obvious, contrived, and usually obnoxious; flagrant is a stronger term than blatant.

flagrant

adjective outrageous, open, blatant, barefaced, shocking, crying, enormous, awful, bold, dreadful, notorious, glaring, infamous, scandalous, flaunting, atrocious, brazen, shameless, out-and-out, heinous, ostentatious, egregious, undisguised, immodest, arrant, flagitious a flagrant violation of international law
slight, implied, subtle, delicate, faint, indirect, understated, insinuated

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flagrant

adjective

Conspicuously bad or offensive:

arrant, capital, egregious, glaring, gross, rank.

Translations

صارِخ، فاضِح، واضِح

křiklavýzjevný

åbenlys

eklatant offenkundig

κατάφωρος

flagrant

kirívó

augljós og hneykslanlegur

flagrante

baisingumassiaubingumas

brēcošsdrausmīgskliedzošs

flagrant

apaçıkgün gibi ortada

公然的罪恶昭彰的

flagrant

[ˈfleɪgrənt] ADJ [violation, breach, injustice] → flagrante
in flagrant defiance of the rules → en un acto de flagrante rebeldía contra las normas
with flagrant disregard for safety/the law → con total desacato a las normas de seguridad/a la ley

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

flagrant

[ˈfleɪgrənt] adj → flagrant(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

flagrant

adj → eklatant, krass; injustice, crime also → himmelschreiend; breach, violation → eklatant, flagrant (geh); disregard, defiance, affair → unverhohlen, offenkundig

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flagrant

[ˈfleɪgr/ənt] adj → flagrante

flagrant

(ˈfleigrənt) adjective

(usually of something bad) very obvious; easily seen. flagrant injustice.

ˈflagrantly adverb

ˈflagrancy noun

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Edward Rose, the interpreter, whose sinister looks we have already mentioned, was denounced by this secret informer as a designing, treacherous scoundrel, who was tampering with the fidelity of certain of the men, and instigating them to a flagrant piece of treason.

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Scarlett Trent," she said, "it is I who should apologise, for I am a flagrant trespasser.

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Tow of my cases were absolutely flagrant. As regards yours, Thomson, I am not at all sure that we shouldn't be well-advised to get just a little more evidence before we press the matter."

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The injustice of his sentence was very flagrant; all Paris was indignant; and it was judged that his religion and wealth rather than the crime alleged against him had been the cause of his condemnation.

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Remember (if indeed there be any need to remind you) that it is a flagrant landsman who is telling you this tale.