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Meanings of flout in English

Portuguese
debochar
Catalan
fer cas omís
Spanish
rechiflar

To treat or speak of with contempt.

      debochar
      Usage of flout in English
      1
      He was made to flout it and go his own sheep-headed way.
      The Torch and Other Tales
      2
      We flout the businessman, but without him there would be no poets.
      Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8
      3
      I will make thee yet a lady, whom none shall dare flout.
      The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn: A Story of the Days of the Gunpowd...
      4
      Why do you flout one who longs to show you his devotion?
      An Unwilling Maid / Being the History of Certain Episodes during...
      5
      Russia and China flout political borders, just look at Crimea and Hong Kong.
      The Daily Telegraph
      6
      Saddam has chosen his moment to again flout international law with great care.
      The Irish Times
      7
      People began to flout the law and there was increasing pressure for reform.
      Radio NZ
      8
      Yet builders are allowed flout these laws with impunity every day.
      The Irish Times
      9
      Mr Andrews said he was worried people would flout the rules.
      News.com.au
      10
      Can Brown flout the normal rules of politics and profit from a recession?
      The Guardian
      11
      A wonderful recital; but none of us voyagers durst flout it.
      Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
      12
      But it was always possible that someone might flout this custom.
      Caleb's crossing
      13
      But the time had passed when the peers could flout an aroused nation.
      Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century
      14
      Niagara, however, might flout them if it pleased; they could do without Niagara.
      Marriage à la mode
      15
      It might be dangerous to flout such a sign from heaven.
      Abroad with the Jimmies
      16
      The editor, at any rate, did not sneer and flout him.
      The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton — Part 1
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      Translations for flout
      Portuguese
      debochar
      Flout through the time
      Flout across language varieties
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