English-Thai Dictionary

flout

N คำพูด เยาะเย้ย  คำพูด เหยียดหยาม  การ ดูหมิ่น  insult gibe respect praise kam-phud-yor-yoei

 

flout

VI เยาะเย้ย  ดูหมิ่น  ดูถูก  เหยียดหยาม  mock disdain scorn praise esteem yor-yoei

 

flout

VT แสดง การ เยาะเย้ย  แสดง การเหยียดหยาม  mock scoff respect sa-daeng-kan-yor-yoei

 

flout

VT ไม่ เคารพ กฎหมาย  defy oppose disobey obey mai-kao-rab-kod-mai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLOUT

v.t.To mock or insult; to treat with contempt. Phillida flouts me.
He flouted us downright.

 

FLOUT

v.i.To practice mocking; to sneer; to behave with contempt. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout.

 

FLOUT

n.A mock; an insult.

 

FLOUTED

pp. Mocked; treated with contempt.

 

FLOUTER

n.One who flouts and flings; a mocker.

 

FLOUTING

ppr. Mocking; insulting; fleering.

 

FLOUTINGLY

adv. With flouting; insultingly.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FLOUT

Flout, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Flouting. ] Etym: [OD. fluyten to play the flute, to jeer, D. fluiten, fr. fluit, fr. French. See Flute. ]

 

Defn: To mock or insult; to treat with contempt. Phillida flouts me. Walton. Three gaudy standarts lout the pale blue sky. Byron.

 

FLOUT

FLOUT Flout, v. i.

 

Defn: To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. Swift.

 

FLOUT

FLOUT Flout, n.

 

Defn: A mock; an insult. Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn. Tennyson.

 

FLOUTER

FLOUTER Flout "er, n.

 

Defn: One who flouts; a mocker.

 

FLOUTINGLY

FLOUTINGLY Flout "ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: With flouting; insultingly; as, to treat a lover floutingly.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

flout

flout |flout flaʊt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] openly disregard (a rule, law or convention ): these same companies still flout basic ethical practices. • [ no obj. ] archaic mock; scoff: the women pointed and flouted at her. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: perhaps from Dutch fluiten ‘whistle, play the flute, hiss (in derision ’); German dialect pfeifen auf, literally ‘pipe at, ’ has a similar extended meaning. usage: Flout and flaunt do not have the same meaning: see usage at flaunt .

 

Oxford Dictionary

flout

flout |flaʊt | ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention ): the advertising code is being flouted. 2 [ no obj. ] archaic mock; scoff: the women pointed and flouted at her. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: perhaps from Dutch fluiten ‘whistle, play the flute, hiss (in derision )’; German dialect pfeifen auf, literally ‘pipe at ’, has a similar extended meaning. usage: Flout and flaunt do not have the same meaning: see usage at flaunt .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

flout

flout verb countless retailers flout the law by selling cigarettes to children: defy, refuse to obey, disobey, break, violate, fail to comply with, fail to observe, contravene, infringe, breach, commit a breach of, transgress against; ignore, disregard. ANTONYMS observe. USAGE See flaunt . Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

flout

flout verb retailers have been flouting the law by selling tobacco to under-16s: defy, refuse to obey, go against, rebel against, scorn, disdain, show contempt for, fly in the face of, thumb one's nose at, make a fool of, poke fun at; disobey, break, violate, fail to comply with, fail to observe, contravene, infringe, breach, commit a breach of, transgress against; ignore, disregard, set one's face against, kick against; informal cock a snook at; Law infract; archaic set at naught. ANTONYMS observe. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS flout or flaunt? See flaunt . These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

flout

flout /flaʊt /動詞 他動詞 〈法 規則など 〉を (故意に )無視する, …に従わない .