flagrant

UK: /ˈfleɪgrənt/ US: /ˈfleɪgrənt/ ,(flā′grənt)

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fla•grant /ˈfleɪgrənt/   adj. [before a noun]

1. shockingly noticeable or evident;
   obvious;
   glaring:
   a flagrant error.

fla•grant•ly, adv. 

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fla•grant  (flā′grənt), adj. 

1. shockingly noticeable or evident;
   obvious;
   glaring:
   a flagrant error.
2. notorious;
   scandalous:
   a flagrant crime; a flagrant offender.
3. [Archaic.] blazing, burning, or glowing.

• Latin flagrant- (stem of flagrāns), present participle of flagrāre to burn; see -ant
• late Middle English 1400–50

fla′gran•cy, fla′grance, fla′grant•ness, n. 
fla′grant•ly, adv. 
Synonyms

• 2. disgraceful, monstrous, egregious.
  Flagrant, glaring, gross, outrageous, rank are adjectives suggesting extreme offensiveness.
  Flagrant, with a root sense of flaming or flaring, suggests evil or immorality so evident that it cannot be ignored or overlooked:
  a flagrant violation of the law.
  Glaring, meaning "shining brightly,'' is similar to flagrant in emphasizing conspicuousness but usually lacks the imputation of immorality:
  a glaring error in computing the interest.
  Gross, which basically signifies excessive size, is even more negative in implication than the foregoing two terms, suggesting a mistake or impropriety of major proportions:
  a gross miscarriage of justice.
  Outrageous describes acts so far beyond the limits of decent behavior or accepted standards as to be totally insupportable:
  an outrageous abuse of the public trust.
  Rank, with its suggestion of bad odor, describes open offensiveness of the most objectionable kind, inviting total and unalloyed disapprobation:
  rank dishonesty, stinking to high heaven; Only rank stupidity would countenance such a step.

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flagrant / ˈfleɪɡrənt/ adjective

1. openly outrageous

Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin flagrāre to blaze, burn

ˈflagrancy, ˈflagrance, ˈflagrantness noun

ˈflagrantly adverb