flout

n. ஏளனம், இகழ்ச்சி, பழிப்புரை, அவமதிப்புச்செயல், (வினை) ஏளனம் செய், இகழ்ந்துரை, பழி, ஏளனமாகக் கருது.

Synonyms

boast vaunt flout flutter flounce display flourish parade figure

Antonyms

suppress conceal retire re-cede skulk hide shrivel collapse furl

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

flout - Similar Words

lout flouter floruit glout fouty fount fluty flute flurt flour