flagrant, glaring, gross, rank mean conspicuously bad or objectionable. flagrant applies usually to offenses or errors so bad that they can neither escape notice nor be condoned.

FLAGRANT meaning: 1. (of a bad action, situation, person, etc.) shocking because of being so obvious: 2. (of a bad…. Learn more.

FLAGRANT definition: shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring. See examples of flagrant used in a sentence.

You can use flagrant to describe an action, situation, or someone's behaviour that you find extremely bad or shocking in a very obvious way.

The current meaning of the adjective flagrant — "obviously offensive or disgraceful" — is thought to derive from the Latin legal term in flagrante delicto, which literally meant "with fire still blazing" and is …

Flagrant applies to what is offensive to a serious or appalling degree: flagrant disregard for the law; a flagrant example of racial prejudice. What is glaring is disturbingly or painfully obvious: a glaring …

Definition of flagrant adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.