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Synonyms for flagrant

Grammar : Adj
Spell : fley-gruhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfleɪ grənt

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Définition of flagrant

Origin :
  • c.1500, "resplendent," from Latin flagrantem (nominative flagrans) "burning, blazing, glowing," figuratively "glowing with passion, eager, vehement," present participle of flagrare "to burn, blaze, glow" from Latin root *flag-, corresponding to PIE *bhleg- "to shine, flash, burn" (cf. Greek phlegein "to burn, scorch," Latin fulgere "to shine"), from root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach (v.)). Sense of "glaringly offensive" first recorded 1706, probably from common legalese phrase in flagrante delicto "red-handed," literally "with the crime still blazing." Related: Flagrantly.
  • adj flaunting, blatant; without shame
Example sentences :
  • He realized that his conduct was too flagrant to admit of defense, so he attempted none.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Some of the most flagrant of these, if not encouraged, have at least been sanctioned by the whites.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
  • Now, however, the wrong was so flagrant that she resolved to speak to her son.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • It is painfully necessary to avoid open and flagrant scandal.
  • Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
  • And yet the treachery and the deceit were so flagrant that surely no condonation was possible.
  • Extract from : « Olive in Italy » by Moray Dalton
  • They ended their sinful career by open and flagrant mutiny and were shot for it.
  • Extract from : « Soldiers Three, Part II. » by Rudyard Kipling
  • We have a right to protest when the offence is open and flagrant.
  • Extract from : « My Contemporaries In Fiction » by David Christie Murray
  • Du Faur declaimed against the flagrant abuses of the church.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
  • I was a little scandalised at this flagrant tribute to the enemy, and said so.
  • Extract from : « The Right Stuff » by Ian Hay
  • When you ask the objector to go to war, you invite him to commit a flagrant sin.
  • Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge

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