MEANING
To openly disregard a rule, convention, or authority.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- flout a rule
- flout convention
On the page
The invitation openly flouted the household's rules.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- flout
- Past tense
- flouted
- Past participle
- flouted
- Present participle
- flouting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- flout
- Present continuous
- am/is/are flouting
- Present perfect
- have/has flouted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been flouting
- Past
- flouted
- Past continuous
- was/were flouting
- Past perfect
- had flouted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been flouting
- Future
- will flout
- Future continuous
- will be flouting
- Future perfect
- will have flouted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been flouting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: flout; flouts; flouted; flouted; flouting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: flouts.
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