Definitions for flouts

flouts flout

Spelling: [flout]
IPA: /flaʊt/

Flouts is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 84 anagrams from letters in flouts (flostu).

Definitions for flouts

noun

  1. a disdainful, scornful, or contemptuous remark or act; insult; gibe.

verb (used with object)

  1. to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock:

verb (used without object)

  1. to show disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff, mock, or gibe (often followed by at).

Origin of flouts

1350-1400; Middle English flouten to play the flute; compare Dutch fluiten to play the flute, jeer

Examples for flouts

Bessie did not pout or flout when neither Levi nor her father appeared to receive her.

Niagara, however, might flout them if it pleased; they could do without Niagara.

Beneath the car of this Juggernaut we must flout our judgments and crush our affections.

Republicans could flout their own resentments and true believers.

He chose the country and let Alice flout contemporary morals, carousing and smoking in public.

He was not free simply to flout 278 the legacy and toss it angrily aside.

We flout the businessman, but without him there would be no poets.

The Gentiles, who are neither proud nor intellectual, spit upon him and flout him.

I know not what the world is coming to, when young maids may flout their elders.

It was a big story—indicating that Israel was continuing to flout international law to prevent Hezbollah from getting weapons.

Word Value for flouts
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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