Flout
91hoot — v 1. bellow, bawl, caterwaul, yowl, yelp; clamor, shout, roar, chorus, Inf. holler. 2. deride, cry down, express disapproval, laugh to scorn, hoot off the stage or platform; catcall, boo, hiss, jeer, fleer, scoff, snort, hiss and boo; point the… …
92insult — v 1. affront, slight, Sl. put down, Sl. cut up, give offense to, disoblige; call names, Sl. rank out, fling dirt at, slap in the face, point at; denounce, decry, disparage, discredit, vilipend, depreciate, minimize; disdain, contemn, scout,… …
93jeer — v 1. scoff at, mock, gibe, ridicule, knock, gird at; fleer, laugh at, guy, Australian. chiack; taunt, twit, rag; tease, rally, Inf. roast, banter, chaff, rib, kid, Sl. razz; flout, scorn, sneer at, disdain, pooh pooh; scout, contemn, flout; hiss …
94mock — v 1. ridicule, jeer, make fun of, fleer, laugh at, guy, make [s.o.] the butt of a joke, Australian. chiack; tease, kid, rib, rally, taunt, rag, gibe, twit, banter, poke fun at, make sport of, spoof, Inf. roast, Sl. razz; sneer at, deride, scout,… …
95ridicule — n 1. derision, mockery, mimicry; satire, black humor, lampoon, sarcasm, irony, cynicism; burlesque, travesty, parody, farce, take off, caricature, skit, squib; raillery, banter, chaff, badinage, persiflage, sport, joke; ribbing, teasing, making… …
96scoff — n 1. jeer, gibe, sneer, fleer, flout, fling, raillery, chaff; poke, dig, cut, rub, barb; insult, Inf. brickbat, aspersion, obloquy, slur, invective, disparagement, defamation; taunt, quip, wisecrack, thrust, skit; boo, hiss, hoot, catcall, cry, U …
97snub — v 1. slight, turn one s back upon, U.S. Sl. brush off, turn up one s nose at, Sl. ritz, Inf. high hat; cut, give the cold shoulder to, Inf. cold shoulder, Inf. put the freeze on, look coldly upon; keep at arm s length, avoid, shun, stand or hold… …
98flaunt — [[t]flɔnt[/t]] v. t. 1) to parade or display ostentatiously 2) to ignore or treat with disdain; flout: expelled for flaunting regulations[/ex] 3) to parade or display oneself conspicuously, defiantly, or boldly 4) to wave conspicuously in the air …
99flaunt — ► VERB ▪ display ostentatiously. USAGE It is a common error to use flaunt when flout is intended. Flaunt means ‘display ostentatiously’, while flout means ‘openly disregard (a rule or convention)’. ORIGIN of unknown origin …
100flute — [14] Provençal flaut was probably the original source of flute, and it reached English via Old French floute or floite. Where flaut came from, however, is another matter, and a much disputed one. Some etymologists claim that it is ultimately… …
