Showing Results for "flouted"

flouted

VERB

show contempt for

Synonyms

STRONGEST

defy disregard mock repudiate scorn spurn

STRONG

affront deride gibe gird insult jeer outrage quip ridicule scoff slight sneer taunt

WEAK

laugh at thumb nose at

Antonyms

STRONGEST

approve

STRONG

commend compliment flatter please praise

WEAK

honor respect

Example Sentences

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Flouted, and apparently speechless, II Benito rushed from the hotel.

From Time Magazine Archive

O longing heart, no more thyself befool, Flouted by Fancy's loveliness unreal!

From Rampolli by MacDonald, George

Flouted to the depths of his soul, Imrie gathered up his papers anew.

From Thirty by O'Brien, Howard Vincent