fla·grant
(flā́grənt)
[Latin flagrāns, flagrant- present participle of flagrāre, to burn.]
adjective
- Conspicuously bad, offensive, or reprehensible: a flagrant miscarriage of justice; flagrant cases of wrongdoing at the highest levels of government. See Usage Note at: blatant
- Obsolete Flaming; blazing.
derivatives
- flágran·cy
- noun
- flágrant·ly
- adverb
synonyms:
flagrant, glaring, gross, egregious, rank2 These adjectives refer to what is conspicuously bad or offensive. Flagrant applies to what is so offensive that it cannot escape notice: flagrant disregard for the law. What is glaring is blatantly and painfully manifest: a glaring error; glaring contradictions. Gross suggests a magnitude of offense or failing that cannot be condoned or forgiven: gross ineptitude; gross injustice. What is egregious is outrageously bad: an egregious lie. Rank implies that the term it qualifies is as indicated to an extreme, violent, or gross degree: rank stupidity; rank treachery.
