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  • 31flagrant — adjective /ˈfleɪ.ɡɹənt/ a) Obvious and offensive, blatant, scandalous It is certain, therefore, that in all our notions of morals we never entertain such an absurdity as that of passive obedience, but make allowances for resistance in the more… …

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  • 32flagrant — See blatant. See blatant, flagrant …

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  • 33flagrant — adj. Flagrant is used with these nouns: ↑abuse, ↑breach, ↑disregard, ↑example, ↑foul, ↑violation …

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  • 34flagrant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. glaring, notorious, outrageous, shocking. See badness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. glaring, egregious, blatant, notorious; see obvious 1 , outrageous . See Synonym Study at outrageous . III (Roget s …

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  • 35flagrant — fla|grant* unter Einfluss von fr. flagrant »offenbar« aus lat. flagrans »brennend, flammend«> deutlich u. offenkundig [im Gegensatz zu etwas stehend], ins Auge fallend; vgl. ↑in flagranti …

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  • 36flagrant — fla|grant [ fleıgrənt ] adjective done in an obvious way that shows you do not care if you break rules or offend people: a flagrant disregard for the law ╾ fla|grant|ly adverb …

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  • 37flagrant — [ fleɪgr(ə)nt] adjective conspicuous; blatant. Derivatives flagrancy noun flagrantly adverb Origin C15 (in the sense blazing, resplendent ): from Fr., or from L. flagrant , flagrare blaze …

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  • 38flagrant — adjective it was a flagrant distortion of the facts Syn: blatant, glaring, obvious, overt, conspicuous, barefaced, shameless, brazen, undisguised, unconcealed; outrageous, scandalous, shocking, disgraceful, dreadful, terrible, gross …

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  • 39flagrant — UK [ˈfleɪɡrənt] / US adjective done in an obvious way that shows you do not care if you break rules or offend people a flagrant disregard for the law Derived word: flagrantly adverb …

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  • 40flagrant — [ˈfleɪgrənt] adj done in an obvious way that shows that you do not care what people think a flagrant disregard for the law[/ex] flagrantly adv …

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