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flagrant

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /ˈfleɪ.ɡɹənt/
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  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪɡɹənt
  • CMU ARPABET: F L EY1 G R AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

On fire; flaming.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Misspelling of fragrant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, misspelling, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a crying shame
  • an egregious lie
  • flagrant violation of human rights
  • a glaring error
  • gross ineptitude
  • gross injustice
  • rank treachery

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crying(a), egregious, glaring, gross, rank

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle French flagrant, from Latin flagrantem, present participle of flagrare (“blaze, burn”). More at black.

From Latin frāgrans, participle of frāgrō (“smell, reek”).

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: явен (javen) — obvious and offensive
  • Bulgarian: очебиен (očebien) — obvious and offensive
  • Bulgarian: скандален (skandalen) — obvious and offensive
  • Catalan: flagrant — obvious and offensive
  • Chinese Mandarin: 公然的 — obvious and offensive
  • Finnish: räikeä — obvious and offensive
  • Finnish: huutava — obvious and offensive
  • Finnish: ilmiselvä — obvious and offensive
  • French: flagrant — obvious and offensive
  • Galician: flagrante — obvious and offensive
  • German: offenkundig — obvious and offensive
  • German: krass — obvious and offensive
  • German: eklatant — obvious and offensive
  • German: unverhohlen — obvious and offensive
  • Hungarian: kirívó — obvious and offensive
  • Hungarian: botrányos — obvious and offensive
  • Hungarian: felháborító — obvious and offensive
  • Irish: neamhnáireach — obvious and offensive
  • Italian: flagrante — obvious and offensive
  • Malagasy: manitra — obvious and offensive
  • Polish: rażący — obvious and offensive
  • Portuguese: flagrante — obvious and offensive
  • Russian: вопию́щий (vopijúščij) — obvious and offensive
  • Russian: чудо́вищный (čudóviščnyj) — obvious and offensive
  • Russian: де́рзкий (dérzkij) — obvious and offensive
  • Spanish: flagrante — obvious and offensive
  • Spanish: sangrante — obvious and offensive
  • Swedish: flagrant — obvious and offensive
  • Turkish: meşhut — obvious and offensive