Flout Synonyms and Antonyms

flout
To refuse or fail to obey
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. break
  2. violate
  3. defy
  4. disobey
  5. transgress

Words Related to Flout

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. resist
  2. flaunt
  3. contravene
  4. fall foul of

Flout Sentence Examples

  • We will make businesses which flagrantly flout the rules criminally liable for the consequences.

  • As the Danes soon afterwards took possession of Schleswig again, thePrussians once more drove them back, but, in view of the threatening attitude of the powers, Frederick William summoned up courage to flout the opinion of the German parliament, and on the 26th of August, without the central government being consulted, an armistice of seven months was agreed upon at Malmoe.

  • The problems are well understood, yet each year member states openly flout EU rules.