Thesaurus: flout

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1. v. t. To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.
2. v. i. To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at.
3. n. A mock; an insult.
4. v. treat with contemptuous disregard
5. v. laugh at with contempt and derision
6. To mock or insult; to treat with contempt. Phillida flouts me. Walton. Three gaudy standarts lout the pale blue sky. Byron. To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. Swift. A mock; an insult. Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn. Tennyson.
7. To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.Phillida flouts me. Walton.Three gaudy standarts lout the pale blue sky. Byron.
8. v:100 v treat with contemptuous disregard v laugh at with contempt and derision