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Synonyms for arrant


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ar-uhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈær ənt



Définition of arrant

Origin :
  • late 14c., variant of errant (q.v.); at first merely derogatory, "wandering, vagrant;" then (1540s) acquiring a meaning "thoroughgoing, downright, notorious."
  • adj flagrant
Example sentences :
  • "I'm afraid you're an arrant little coquette," said Katherine indulgently.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • But they are all arrant cowards, and fear to approach me—fear even to come into this wood.
  • Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
  • This made me think that my correspondent was an arrant block-head.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • If the old woman has got any arrant at all, it's likely it's to your mother and me.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 » by Various
  • He was an arrant coward like the most of his downtrodden race.
  • Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
  • Why, this is an arrant counterfeit rascal; a cut-purse; I remember him now.
  • Extract from : « King Henry the Fifth » by William Shakespeare
  • For in this matter of smittal plagues we Highlanders are the most arrant cowards.
  • Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
  • "You'll see that he'll come back an arrant puppy," quoth Michael Howe.
  • Extract from : « Town Versus Country » by Mary Russell Mitford
  • This arrant rogue was only a petty knave that any one could dupe.
  • Extract from : « Samuel Brohl & Company » by Victor Cherbuliez
  • To doubt what they believed could only be ascribed to arrant folly or to wickedness.
  • Extract from : « The Hero » by William Somerset Maugham

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