Definitions for flagrant

flagrant fla·grant

Spelling: [fley-gruh nt]
IPA: /ˈfleɪ grənt/

Flagrant is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 186 anagrams from letters in flagrant (aafglnrt).

Definitions for flagrant

adjective

  1. shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring:
  2. notorious; scandalous:
  3. Archaic. blazing, burning, or glowing.

Origin of flagrant

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

Examples for flagrant

He realized that his conduct was too flagrant to admit of defense, so he attempted none.

Some of the most flagrant of these, if not encouraged, have at least been sanctioned by the whites.

It is painfully necessary to avoid open and flagrant scandal.

And yet the treachery and the deceit were so flagrant that surely no condonation was possible.

Valderrama's modest career is in direct contrast to his flagrant lack of modesty.

For Ankara to allow a suicide bomber through to launch a flagrant attack at this moment also would appear to be odd timing.

Now, however, the wrong was so flagrant that she resolved to speak to her son.

For all its flagrant indiscretions, though, FIFA has never run afoul of the law.

However tacky, this was hardly the flagrant public obscenity Cohen alleges.

flagrant anti-Semitism fell out of favor and was replaced by a closeted, unspoken bigotry.

Word Value for flagrant
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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