This allowed the company to flout the law.
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Flout
//flaʊt//
Synonyms for "flout" (155 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (47)
Related words (77)
japejeer atjeeringjestjibe atknocklaugh atlaugh to scornleg-pullminimizemisprizemockmockerynot conformnot heednot keepnot listennot mindnot observeoffend
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offenseoutrageparthian shotparting shotpay no attention topoohpooh poohpooh-poohput downput onput-downput-onquipragrail atrallyrank outrebelrefuse to cooperaterepudiaterevileridiculerude reproachscoff atscornscoutscurrilityset at defianceset at naughtset naught byshort answerslamslapslap atslap in the faceslightslight oversnapsneersneer atspurnswipetauntthumbtrample ontrample underfoottrample upontransgresstreat with contempttreat with indignitytrespasstwituncomplimentary remarkverbal thrustviolate
Related word relations
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Translations
51 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- надсмивам се verb (to scorn)
- подигравам се verb (to scorn)
- пренебрегвам verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 公然藐視 /藐视、違背 /违背 verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
- 藐視 /藐视、鄙視 /鄙视、不屑 verb (to scorn)
Czech
4 entries- ignorovat verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
- nedbat verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
- opovrhovat verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
- pohrdat verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
Dutch
3 entries- bespotten verb (to scorn)
- minachten verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
- veronachtzamen verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
Finnish
4 entries- halveksia verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
- halveksia verb (to scorn)
- pitää pilkkanaan verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
- pitää pilkkanaan verb (to scorn)
French
2 entries- mépriser verb (to scorn)
- se moquer de verb (to scorn)
Galician
1 entries- desleixar verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
German
4 entries- Missachtung noun (act by which something is flouted)
- beleidigen verb (to scorn)
- missachten verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
- pfeifen auf verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
Hungarian
4 entries- arcul csap verb (to scorn)
- fittyet hány verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
- kicsúfol verb (to scorn)
- kigúnyol verb (to scorn)
Māori
4 entries- whakatoi verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
- whakatoi verb (to scorn)
- whakatoitoi verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
- whakatoitoi verb (to scorn)
Polish
2 entries- gardzić verb (to scorn)
- zlekceważyć verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
Portuguese
3 entries- desrespeitar verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
- escarnecer verb (to scorn)
- ridicularizar verb (to scorn)
Romanian
1 entries- fluiera în biserică verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
Russian
3 entries- глумиться verb (to scorn)
- насмехаться verb (to scorn)
- пренебрега́ть verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
Spanish
2 entries- saltarse a la torera verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
- sobreponerse verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
Ukrainian
4 entries- глузувати verb (to scorn)
- зневажати verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
- насміхатися verb (to scorn)
- нехтувати verb (to express contempt for the rules by word or action)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
It's easier to avoid than to flout.
Source: tatoeba (9579113)
I decided to flout the rules and stay out past curfew.
Source: tatoeba (9772062)
He likes to flout rules he takes offense to.
Source: tatoeba (10753591)
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