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  1. 1. v. t. To mock or insult; to treat with contempt. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; -- often with at. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A mock; an insult. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. treat with contemptuous disregard Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. laugh at with contempt and derision Source: wordnet
  6. 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. Source: webster
  7. 7. To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.Phillida flouts me. Walton.Three gaudy standarts lout the pale blue sky. Byron. Source: adambom
  8. 8. v:100 v treat with contemptuous disregard v laugh at with contempt and derision Source: ecdict

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